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25 Dinars 40th National Day
| Issuer | Central Bank of Kuwait |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Value | 25 Dinars |
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| Obverse lettering | State of Kuwait دولة الكويت ِالذكرَى الأربَعُونَ لِلعيدِ الوَطَني لدَولَةِ الكُوَيت 40 The 40th Anniversary of the National Day of the State of Kuwait Central Bank of Kuwait بنك الكويت المركزي (Translation: State of Kuwait 40 The 40th Anniversary of the National Day of the State of Kuwait Central Bank of Kuwait) |
| Reverse description | Central composition depicts a panoramic skyline of Kuwait City rising above stylised waves representing the Arabian Gulf, incorporating an oil derrick to the left symbolising the nation's petroleum wealth, a prominent clock tower at centre, and a large modern government building to the right, all surmounted by scales of justice. A beaded border encircles the design. The upper arc carries a Quranic inscription in Arabic, while the lower field displays the date range '1961-2001' in both Western and Eastern Arabic numerals, commemorating forty years of Kuwaiti statehood. |
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Kuwait's 40th National Day fell in 2001, marking four decades since independence from Britain in June 1961 — an independence that came just days after Iraq's Abd al-Karim Qasim publicly claimed Kuwait as Iraqi territory, immediately triggering a British military deployment and a crisis that foreshadowed the 1990 invasion by nearly thirty years. Commemorative issues from the Central Bank during this period were struck in limited proof editions, largely destined for presentation and collector sets rather than any circulation function.
The KM# P24 designation places this firmly in the pattern and proof series, not the regular bullion run.