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5 Dinars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Libya |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Value | 5 Dinars (5 LYD) |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a tall commemorative obelisk-style monument surrounded by a dense crowd of figures rendered in fine intaglio line work, set against an open landscape with palm trees in the middle distance. The bilingual issuer title is printed in a panel at upper centre, and the denomination in English appears on a decorative ribbon cartouche at the lower centre flanked by the numeral 5 at each side. An intricate multicoloured geometric rosette underprint in Moorish style occupies the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Central Bank of Libya FIVE DINARS |
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| Comments |
By 1984, Libya's relationship with Western institutions was deteriorating sharply — US sanctions were tightening and Gaddafi's government was deepening its ties with the Eastern Bloc and various militant organizations. That Thomas De La Rue continued printing Libyan currency through this period reflects how thoroughly banknote printing had been insulated from broader political pressures; De La Rue maintained contracts with dozens of governments regardless of their international standing.
The P#50 series relied solely on a watermark for security, which was already considered minimal by the standards of the mid-1980s. No metallic thread, no UV-reactive inks.