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5 Dinars - Sabah IV Sheikh Sabah Humanitarian Work Leader
| Issuer | Central Bank of Kuwait |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse lettering | إصدَار تذكَارِي بِتسْميَة حَضرَة صاحب السُمُو الشيخ صَبَاح الأَحمد الجَابِر الصَبَاح أمير دَولة الكُويت قَائِداً للعملِ الإنساني 2014 (Translation: Commemorative issue for the naming of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait Leader of humanitarian work 2014) |
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Issued to honor Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah following his designation by the United Nations as a "Humanitarian Leader" in 2014 — the first time the UN had conferred that title on any individual. Kuwait's role as a major donor state, channeling billions through the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development since 1961, underpins why this recognition carried genuine diplomatic weight rather than ceremonial flattery.
KM#43 was struck to the same planchet specifications used across Kuwait's commemorative silver program of this period, with mintage figures kept deliberately modest for collector distribution rather than general release.