Catalog
20 Milliemes
| Issuer | Kingdom of Libya |
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| Year | 1965 |
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| Value | 20 Milliemes (0.02) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the crowned Libyan royal coat of arms, depicting an eagle displayed. A curved Arabic legend arcs above the device reading 'المملكة الليبية' (Kingdom of Libya), while the dual-era date appears below, rendered in both the Islamic Hijri calendar (١٣٨٥) and the Christian Gregorian era (١٩٦٥). The design is presented in high relief against a flat field. |
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| Obverse lettering | المملكة الليبية ١٣٨٥ - ١٩٦٥ (Translation: Kingdom of Libya 1965 - 1385) |
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By 1965, Libya's oil revenues were already reshaping the economy, but King Idris's government retained the milliemes structure inherited from the earlier coinage reforms. This issue was among the last produced before the 1969 coup that brought Muammar Gaddafi to power and swept away the monarchy entirely — subsequent coinage dropped the royal references and redesigned the series from scratch.