Catalog
5 Piastres
| Issuer | Libyan Currency Commission |
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| Year | 1951 |
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| Size | 113 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in rose-red on a light ground, centred on a vignette of the colonnaded Roman Forum ruins at Cyrene, with a tall palm tree to the right. The denomination numeral '5' appears in each lower corner, with the serial number in both Arabic-Eastern numerals at upper left and Western numerals at lower right. Arabic inscriptions occupy the upper register, including the country title and legal tender clause, with two manuscript signatures of Currency Commission officials in the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in rose-red and dominated by an elaborate guilloche rosette underprint filling the central panel, within a scalloped border of fine lathe-work. 'UNITED KINGDOM OF LIBYA' is lettered across the top, with 'FIVE PIASTRES' in large serif capitals across the centre. A legal tender clause and an issuance statement referencing Law No. 4 of 24th October 1951 in the reign of King Idris I appear above and below the central denomination. The numeral '5' is repeated in each corner. |
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| Protection description | a crescent and star, visible when held to light |
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