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1 Dirham
| Issuer | Central Bank of Libya |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1971-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | إتحاد الجمهوريات العربية ١٣٩٥ ١٩٧٥ الجمهورية العربية الليبية (Translation: Federation of Arab Republics 1975 1395 Libyan Arab Republic) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Libya's 1975 dirham series arrived four years into Muammar Gaddafi's reorganization of the country's monetary identity following the 1969 coup, part of a broader decimalization effort that replaced the piastre-based pound system with the dinar divided into 1,000 dirhams. The brass-clad steel construction reflects both cost considerations and the practical demands of a circulation coinage intended for genuine everyday use in a rapidly modernizing economy flush with oil revenue.
KM#12 is not scarce by any measure, but circulated survivors in honest condition are more instructive than the mintage figures suggest.