Catalog
5 Dinars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Iraq |
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| Year | 1971 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Parliament building set within an open plaza, rendered in fine intaglio line work. Arabic denomination خمسة دنانير and the issuing authority appear in the upper field, with the legal tender clause ورقة نقدية صادرة بموجب القانون below. Guilloche borders frame the design on all sides, with the numeral 5 repeated in the lower corners. |
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| Reverse lettering | Central Bank of Iraq 5 Dinars حمورابي يستلم الشريعة |
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Bradbury Wilkinson printed this series for Iraq through the late 1960s and into the 1970s, a period when the Baghdad government was consolidating Ba'athist control following the 1968 coup. The relationship between Iraq and British security printers remained pragmatic well into the oil-nationalization era — political hostility toward Western governments did not immediately disrupt procurement of printed currency from British firms.
Pick 59 is the last of the 5 Dinar type before the series was replaced in 1973. Watermark-only security on a note of this denomination now looks thin, but it was consistent with Bradbury Wilkinson's standard specification for the Iraqi contract at the time.