Catalog
10 Dinars
| Issuer | National Bank of Iraq |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Value | 10 Dinars (دنانير) (10 IQD) |
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| Obverse lettering | المصرف الوطني العراق عشرة دنانير ١٠ |
| Reverse description | Central vignette in violet intaglio presents a colossal winged Assyrian bull (lamassu) with a standing Assyrian priest or deity figure to its right, both rendered in fine engraved detail against a plain background. The legend "National Bank of Iraq" arches across the top in English, with "Ten Dinars" lettered at the foot of the design. The numeral 10 appears at upper left and upper right, flanking the main vignette, with a circular guilloche rosette at lower left bearing the denomination. |
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Iraq's 1953 currency reform replaced the earlier Iraq Currency Board issues, shifting note authority to the newly established National Bank. Bradbury Wilkinson, one of the more technically accomplished security printers of the postwar period, handled the production — a typical arrangement for newly autonomous central banks in the British sphere, who retained familiar printers even after political independence was achieved.
The watermark is the sole mechanical security feature on this denomination, reflecting accepted practice for high-value notes of the period rather than any particular vulnerability in the Iraqi market.
The series was superseded in 1959 following the July 1958 revolution that abolished the Hashemite monarchy.