Catalog
100 Fils Silver
| Issuer | Central Bank of Kuwait |
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| Year | 1987-2011 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central design features the denomination '100 Fils' rendered in Arabic numerals within a raised inner circle. The state name 'الكويت' (Kuwait) appears as a legend in Arabic script arching above the central circle, while the English transliteration 'KUWAIT' is inscribed below. The composition of the legend in both Arabic and Latin scripts reflects Kuwait's bilingual official usage. The field is plain and unadorned, emphasizing the inscriptions. |
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| Obverse lettering | الكُوَيت ١٠٠ فلس KUWAIT (Translation: Kuwait 100 Fils) |
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Kuwait's silver coinage circulated alongside base-metal versions of the same denominations for decades, the two differentiated only by composition — a practical distinction that confused casual users and delighted hoarders. The 1990 Iraqi invasion and subsequent looting of Kuwaiti banks and businesses sent enormous quantities of everyday coinage out of the country, and post-liberation restrike programs in the early 1990s replenished circulation stocks, complicating date-by-date mintage analysis considerably.