Catalog
50 Dinars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Libya |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 50 Dinars (50 LYD) |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents the Ministry of Agriculture Conference Centre at Al-Qardabiya, near Surt, rendered in a warm ochre and brown palette with palm trees in the foreground and a stylised tower rising above the main entrance. The upper register carries Arabic bank title inscriptions on a dark guilloche band, while the denomination '50' appears in numerals at lower left and lower right against a pale cream and olive guilloché background. The place name 'القرضابية' (Al-Qardabiya) is inscribed in Arabic script below the architectural vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الاشتراكية العظمى مصرف ليبيا المركزي خمسون ديناراً القرضابية |
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Thomas De La Rue had been printing Libyan currency since the kingdom era, and this 2008 issue continues a relationship that survived the 1969 coup, the Jamahiriya's periodic flirtations with other printers, and decades of international sanctions that at various points complicated the logistics of sending finished notes from London to Tripoli.
The P#75 series appeared during the period when Libya was actively rehabilitating itself with Western governments following the 2003 renunciation of its weapons program and the subsequent lifting of U.S. and EU sanctions — a political thaw that made routine commercial printing contracts considerably easier to execute.