Iraq's 1955 series, of which this is the highest denomination, was introduced under the Hashemite monarchy in the final years before the 1958 revolution that ended the kingdom. Bradbury Wilkinson had printed Iraqi notes since the currency board era, and their intaglio work for the National Bank carried a quality consistent with sterling area banking standards — not incidental, given Iraq's pound-linked monetary arrangements at the time.
The series was technically still in legal tender use when Abd al-Karim Qasim's coup overthrew Faisal II. Notes from this issue circulated well into the republic's early years before being phased out, which is why genuinely uncirculated examples of the 10 Dinar are noticeably harder to locate than the lower values.
Iraq's 1955 series, of which this is the highest denomination, was introduced under the Hashemite monarchy in the final years before the 1958 revolution that ended the kingdom. Bradbury Wilkinson had printed Iraqi notes since the currency board era, and their intaglio work for the National Bank carried a quality consistent with sterling area banking standards — not incidental, given Iraq's pound-linked monetary arrangements at the time.
The series was technically still in legal tender use when Abd al-Karim Qasim's coup overthrew Faisal II. Notes from this issue circulated well into the republic's early years before being phased out, which is why genuinely uncirculated examples of the 10 Dinar are noticeably harder to locate than the lower values.