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10 Dinars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Libya |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and multicolour note with a portrait of Omar Mukhtar at right, rendered in intaglio against a fine guilloche underprint. The bank title in Arabic appears at upper right, with the denomination in Arabic script at centre over an ornate geometric rosette vignette. A holographic security patch is visible at upper right, and the serial number appears vertically at left and horizontally at lower right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Hologram |
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This note was issued in 2011, the year Muammar Gaddafi was deposed and killed — placing its release squarely inside one of the most chaotic transitions of the Arab Spring. The Central Bank of Libya was operating under extraordinary pressure during this period, with the country effectively split between competing authorities in Tripoli and Benghazi, each claiming legitimacy over the national banking system.
De La Rue's Gateshead facility handled production, the same plant responsible for numerous high-security issues across Africa and the Middle East. The holographic strip on this series was a deliberate upgrade, prompted by documented counterfeiting of earlier Libyan issues during the sanctions years.