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5 Dinars New Central Bank Building

Issuer Central Bank of Kuwait
Year 2017
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Obverse lettering IN MARKING THE INAUGURATION OF THE NEW BUILDING OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF KUWAIT / 5 DINARS / خمسة دنانير / 2017
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Reverse script Arabic
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Issued to mark the inauguration of the Central Bank of Kuwait's new headquarters, this piece belongs to a commemorative program Kuwait has used selectively since the 1960s to document institutional milestones. The Central Bank itself was established in 1969, replacing the Kuwait Currency Board that had overseen the dinar since its introduction in 1961.

Gold-plated .999 silver at this specification — the 28.28g, 38.61mm format — is the standard Crown coin dimension adopted globally after the Commonwealth's influence on commemorative minting, which says something about how thoroughly that format colonized even Gulf state issues.

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