Catalog
50 Dinars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Libya |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse centres on an intaglio vignette of the historic Italian-era lighthouse in Benghazi, rendered in fine line engraving against a guilloche underprint in teal and green tones. Arabic inscriptions identify the issuing authority and denomination, with the value numeral '50' in large format at lower left. A portrait medallion of Omar El Mukhtar appears on the right-hand security margin, accompanied by repeated '50' microprint elements and decorative floral guilloche borders. |
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| Obverse lettering | مصرف ليبيا المركزي هذه الأوراق النقدية مشمولة بقانون المناداة أو مبديلة خمسون دينار سددت بموجب القانون عن مصرف ليبيا المركزي المحافظ |
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Libya's 2013 series was issued amid the post-Gaddafi transitional government's effort to establish new currency symbols after four decades of notes dominated by the old regime's iconography. Thomas De La Rue printed this denomination, as they had handled much of Libya's note production going back to the monarchy period — a continuity of contractor that outlasted several governments.
The security package is relatively modest for a high-value note of this period, relying on watermark and thread without the optically variable elements De La Rue was producing for other clients by the early 2010s.