100 Fils

Iraq's 1970s coinage was produced under the Ba'ath Party government that had consolidated power following the 1968 coup. The 100 Fils denomination sat at the top of the circulating coinage hierarchy during this period, when oil nationalization in 1972 fundamentally restructured the Iraqi economy and briefly flooded state coffers before regional instability set in. Most pieces in this series were struck at the British Royal Mint or the Royal Mint's contract facilities, a sourcing arrangement that persisted even as Iraqi political rhetoric turned sharply against Western influence.