Catalog
25 Dinars 21st Century
| Issuer | Central Bank of Kuwait |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The state emblem of Kuwait occupies the upper field, comprising the shield bearing the national flag design superimposed upon a Hawk of Quraish (falcon) with wings displayed, the falcon supporting a central disk depicting a boom-type dhow under sail, with the full Arabic name of the state inscribed along the upper arc of the disk. Centered below the emblem is a commemorative composition symbolizing the advent of the twenty-first century, incorporating a laptop computer, a globe, a satellite dish, a stylized streetscape, and stars arranged across the field. Arabic and Latin inscriptions encircle the design, identifying the issuing state and the commemorated occasion. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Kuwait's 25 dinar denomination sits at the upper end of the country's silver commemorative program and was issued to mark the turn of the millennium. The Central Bank of Kuwait has historically reserved this weight class for prestige issues intended more for cabinet storage than exchange, and the 2000 date places this squarely in a wave of millennial commemoratives that flooded the market globally — making collector premiums over melt largely a function of regional demand rather than scarcity.