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5 Milliemes
| Issuer | Libya |
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| Year | 1965 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The crowned Libyan royal coat of arms occupies the central field, flanked by the national emblem's heraldic elements. A curved Arabic legend arcs above the arms, identifying the issuing state, while a dual-era date inscription appears below, presenting both the Hijri and Gregorian calendar years. |
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| Reverse lettering | ٥ مليمات FIVE MILLIEMES (Translation: 5 milliemes FIVE MILLIEMES) |
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Libya's 1965 coinage was produced under King Idris I, whose government had signed the landmark oil concession agreements just years earlier following the 1959 Zelten discovery — the first major commercial oil strike in the country. The shift from a subsistence economy to a petroleum state was still unsettling the currency regime when these were struck.
Idris would be deposed by Gaddafi's coup in September 1969, making the entire Idris-era coinage series relatively short-lived in circulation.