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1 Fils Gold
| Issuer | Central Bank of Kuwait |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | الكُوَيت ١ فلس KUWAIT (Translation: Kuwait 1 Fils) |
| Reverse description | A traditional boom dhow, a lateen-rigged Arabian sailing vessel, is depicted in profile sailing to the left with a small flag flying from the stern. The composition captures the rigging and hull in fine detail, evoking Kuwait's historic maritime heritage. Below the vessel, the dual dating appears in Arabic numerals, presenting both the Islamic Hijri year and the Gregorian year separated by a dash. |
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Kuwait's gold fils pieces were never intended for circulation — they were issued by the Central Bank as collector and presentation items during a period when Kuwait was actively building its financial prestige in the Gulf. The 1987 date places this issue just two years before the Iraqi invasion that would temporarily dissolve the Central Bank's operations entirely and scatter much of the state's coin reserves.
KM#9b distinguishes this from earlier non-gold iterations of the same type, the gold composition being a later addition to the series rather than the original issue.