Catalog
25 Fils Lion
| Issuer | Central Bank of Iraq |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Reverse description | A stylized lion in profile, striding to the right, occupies the central field; this motif is derived from the ancient Babylonian symbol associated with the goddess Ishtar, rendered against a background of horizontal parallel lines evoking the famous glazed-brick relief of the Ishtar Gate. The dual dates '١٤٠٢هـ' (1402 AH) and '١٩٨٢م' (1982 AD) appear above the lion figure. The design is contained within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Iraq's 1982 coinage was struck during the second year of the Iran-Iraq War, a conflict that would grind on for six more years and consume roughly a quarter of the country's GDP. The Central Bank maintained routine minting operations throughout the early war period, and small-denomination circulation coinage continued largely uninterrupted — a deliberate signal of economic stability the government was keen to project.
The lion type had been reintroduced in the mid-1970s as part of a broader reassertion of Mesopotamian historical identity under Ba'athist cultural policy.