Catalog
5 Dinars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Iraq |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Reference(s) | P#80 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of Saddam Hussein in three-quarter view occupies the right portion of the face, rendered in intaglio on a red and pink guilloche underprint. The issuer's name in Arabic script appears across the top, flanked by hexagonal and circular denomination numerals at upper left and upper right respectively. The value in Arabic words is inscribed in the centre field, below which appears the legal tender clause and the bank's name, accompanied by a single signature above the title المحافظ (Governor). |
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| Obverse lettering | البنك المركزي العراقي خمسة دنانير ورقة نقدية صادرة بموجب القانون عن البنك المركزي العراقي ٥ ١٤١٢ هـ - ١٩٩٢ م |
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The 1992 Iraqi 5 Dinar belongs to the series issued after the Gulf War, when the Central Bank was printing currency under conditions of severe import restrictions and international sanctions. The quality of paper and printing in this period dropped noticeably compared to pre-war issues, and the watermark security — minimal to begin with — was the extent of anti-counterfeiting provision on lower denominations.
This was also the period immediately preceding the infamous "Swiss dinar" split, when the northern Kurdish-administered regions stopped accepting Baghdad-issued notes entirely. The 5 Dinar denomination circulated almost exclusively in the south by the mid-1990s.