1 Pound

Libya's first post-monarchical central bank series, this note was issued under the Kingdom of Libya before Gaddafi's 1969 coup ended the Senussi dynasty entirely. The Bank of Libya had only been established in 1956, replacing the earlier National Bank, and the 1963 series represented the young institution's effort to assert a coherent national currency after years of monetary arrangements tied to British and French occupation currency.

Bradbury Wilkinson handled much of the Commonwealth-adjacent world's security printing through the 1950s and 60s, and their New Malden facility printed for dozens of newly independent states during decolonization. Post-coup, this series was withdrawn quickly and replaced by Gaddafi-era issues — surviving circulated examples show heavy use consistent with a note that wasn't in circulation long before demonetization.