Catalog
1 Millieme
| Issuer | Kingdom of Libya |
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| Year | 1965 |
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| Currency | Pound (1951-1971) |
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| Reverse description | Central device consists of an open wreath of stylized palm and olive branches, tied at the base, framing the Arabic numeral ١ (one) at the top and the Arabic word مليم (Millieme) below it in the center of the field. The Latin legend ONE MILLIEME is inscribed along the lower periphery within the beaded border. The overall design is clean and uncluttered, with the wreath rendered in fine detail against a plain field. |
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| Edge | Plain. |
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Libya's 1965 coinage was among the last issued under King Idris before the September 1969 coup that brought Muammar Gaddafi to power and abolished the monarchy entirely. The millieme denominations saw relatively limited circulation in practice — Libya's oil revenues were rapidly modernizing the economy, and the lowest fractional coins were already becoming economically marginal by the mid-1960s. Surviving examples in uncirculated condition are not unusual for exactly that reason.