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100 Dinars Emergency Gulf War Issue
| Issuer | Central Bank of Iraq |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Size | 174 × 79 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ١٠٠ (Translation: 100) |
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| Reverse lettering | Central Bank of Iraq One Hundred Dinars 100 |
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Iraq's regular banknote supply chain collapsed under the weight of UN sanctions imposed after the August 1990 invasion of Kuwait. This emergency issue was produced domestically rather than by Iraq's usual foreign contractors — De La Rue had handled earlier series — and the shift shows in the print quality, which is noticeably coarser than pre-sanctions issues.
The print run of just over twelve million is modest for a country experiencing severe wartime inflation. Within two years, denominations of this size had become almost irrelevant as hyperinflation took hold and the "Swiss dinar" / "Saddam dinar" currency split effectively created two separate monetary zones inside Iraqi territory.