Catalog
25 000 Dinars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Iraq |
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| Year | 2013-2021 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | At centre, a vignette of a Kurdish peasant woman in traditional dress carrying a jug on her shoulder, set against a rural landscape with a ploughing tractor in the background; to the right, a circular vignette of an Abbasid gold dinar coin. The note is printed in shades of red and pink over a complex guilloche underprint, with an arched architectural motif at left and denomination numerals flanking the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | البنك المركزي العراقي ٢٥٠٠٠ (Translation: Central Bank of Iraq 25,000 Dinars.) |
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Iraq's high-denomination polymer-hybrid notes of this period were introduced partly in response to persistent counterfeiting of the older cotton-paper series, which had become a serious enough problem by the early 2010s that the Central Bank publicly acknowledged the threat. The hybrid substrate — a polymer core with paper-like surface layers — was chosen as a compromise, since fully polymer notes had proven difficult to print with the intaglio detail Iraqi authorities wanted to retain.
The note remained in production across an unusually long window, suggesting steady demand rather than a planned replacement cycle. Iraq's cash-dependent economy, where banking penetration outside Baghdad remains low, kept large-denomination notes in heavy daily use.