Catalog
10 Dinars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Libya |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Omar el-Mukhtar at centre, set within an intricate geometric guilloche underprint in violet, green, and orange tones characteristic of Islamic decorative art. Arabic inscriptions identifying the Central Bank of Libya appear to the upper left, with the denomination numeral '10' in both Arabic and Western numerals at left and right margins. A single signature of the Governor appears below the portrait vignette. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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| Comments |
Thomas De La Rue printed this series during a period when Libya remained under UN sanctions — imposed after Lockerbie — that were only formally lifted in September 2003. The notes were prepared and issued while Gaddafi's government was still navigating the drawn-out compensation negotiations with victims' families, making this a transitional issue in every practical sense.
De La Rue's contract work for Tripoli during this period is a minor footnote in the broader story of how sanctioned states maintained functioning currency infrastructure through intermediaries operating from neutral jurisdictions.