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100 Lire
| Issuer | Military Authority in Tripolitania |
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| Year | 1943-1951 |
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| Value | 100 Lire |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red on a light background, the obverse bears the title inscription ISSUED BY THE MILITARY AUTHORITY IN TRIPOLITANIA at top centre, flanked by the denomination 100 LIRE in Arabic and Latin script at the corners. A central oval vignette contains the British Royal cypher surmounted by a lion passant guardant over a crown, surrounded by fine guilloche lacework. The denomination ONE HUNDRED LIRE is set in bold letterpress to the left of the vignette, with Arabic legend طبع بأمر السلطة العسكرية لطرابلس الغرب inscribed along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | ISSUED BY THE MILITARY AUTHORITY IN TRIPOLITANIA ONE HUNDRED LIRE 100 LIRE ليرة طبع بأمر السلطة العسكرية لطرابلس الغرب |
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The Military Authority in Tripolitania was a British administrative body established after the Axis defeat in North Africa in early 1943, and these lire-denominated notes were part of a deliberate policy of maintaining Italian monetary units in the occupied territory rather than introducing British Armed Forces currency — largely to ease the transition for a local population still economically oriented toward the outgoing Italian colonial administration.
The extended validity window into 1951 reflects how long the British military occupation of Tripolitania actually lasted before Libyan independence in December 1951 formally closed the books on this series.