20 Fils - Faisal I

Iraq's first national coinage — including this 20 fils — was authorized following the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1922 and struck at the Royal Mint in London. The series launched under Faisal I represented the first time an Arab state under the modern mandate system had issued coins in its own name, a direct product of Faisal's political maneuvering after the French ejected him from Syria in 1920. Britain installed him in Baghdad as a calculated compromise.

Faisal died in September 1933, cutting the series short. Coins dated to that final year carry no visible distinction from earlier strikes but represent the last months of his reign.