Catalog
5 Dinars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Libya |
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| Year | 1971-1972 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | A large intaglio vignette occupies the centre of the note, presenting a detailed view of a coastal fortress — the Red Castle (Assai al-Hamra) of Tripoli — its massive stone walls and bastions rising above the waterline. Intricate guilloche borders frame all four sides, with the denomination numeral '5' repeated in each corner. The issuer name and denomination appear in panel inscriptions above and below the central vignette respectively. |
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| Protection description | the national arms of Libya, visible in the reserved area at lower right of the obverse |
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Libya's first post-revolutionary banknote series, issued after the September 1969 coup that brought Muammar Gaddafi to power, required the removal of King Idris's imagery and any explicitly monarchical symbolism. The Central Bank of Libya retained Bradbury Wilkinson — the same firm that had printed notes for the preceding Libyan pound series — to produce the new issues, making for an unusual continuity of printer across a sharp political rupture.
Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility closed permanently in 1990 when the company was absorbed by De La Rue, ending over a century of independent production.