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1 Dirham / 50 Fils - Ghazi I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Iraq |
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| Year | 1937-1938 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | غازي الأول ملك العراق (Translation: Ghazi I King of Iraq) |
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| Mintage | 1356 (1937) - ١٣٥٦ - ١٩٣٧ - 1,200,000 1356 (1937) - ١٣٥٦ - ١٩٣٧ Proof - 1357 (1938) - ١٣٥٧ - ١٩٣٨ - 5,300,000 1357 (1938) - ١٣٥٧ - ١٩٣٨ Proof - 1357 (1938) I - ١٣٥٧ - ١٩٣٨ - 7,500,000 |
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Ghazi I inherited the Iraqi throne in 1933 following Faisal I's sudden death and proved a far more volatile figure — openly pro-Nazi in sympathy, he ran a private radio station from the palace broadcasting pan-Arab propaganda and irredentist claims over Kuwait. The British watched him with considerable unease. He died in 1939 when his car struck a telegraph pole, a crash widely suspected as assassination though never proven.
This issue's two-year span reflects the brevity of his effective reign. The .500 fine silver standard had been fixed at that fineness since the Iraqi monetary law of 1931, a compromise between bullion cost and durability for a young state still building circulation infrastructure.