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5 Dinars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Libya |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Size | 170 × 85 mm |
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| Obverse description | Vignette at left centre of a standing dromedary camel with two younger camels in a desert setting, rendered in intaglio on a green guilloche underprint. A multicoloured geometric panel at centre carries the denomination in large Arabic calligraphy, flanked by arabesque ornamental borders and the governor's signature below. Arabic inscriptions of the bank name and issuing authority appear across the upper register, with numeral 5 rosettes at lower left and right corners. |
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| Protection description | Heraldic falcon watermark visible when held to light |
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Thomas De La Rue had printed Libyan currency since the Kingdom period, and the relationship continued well into the Gaddafi years despite the regime's loudly anti-Western posture. This note appeared a decade after the 1969 coup, by which point the Central Bank had fully replaced the old Libyan Arab Bank as the sole currency authority — a consolidation driven as much by political symbolism as by monetary restructuring.
The P#45 series is not scarce in circulated grades, but uncirculated examples with clean watermark registration are less routine than the survival numbers might suggest.