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50 Dinars 25th National Day
| Issuer | Central Bank of Kuwait |
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| Year | 1986 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | A radiant sun with long, finely engraved rays emanates from behind a tall minaret at center, flanked by two landmark buildings of Kuwait City: the National Assembly building to the left and a domed mosque to the right, all rendered in detailed architectural relief. The denomination "50 Dinars" appears in Latin script at upper left, with the Arabic equivalent "خَمسُونَ دِينَار" inscribed at upper right. In the lower field, the commemorative date is given in both Arabic-Indic numerals (٢٥-٢-١٩٨٦) and Western numerals (25-2-1986), with the legend "25th Anniversary of the National Day of the State of Kuwait" arcing along the lower exergue in English. The entire design is enclosed within a crenellated decorative border mirroring the obverse. |
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Kuwait's 25th National Day in 1986 marked a quarter-century since independence from Britain in June 1961 — an independence that came just days before Iraq's Abdul Karim Qassim publicly claimed Kuwait as Iraqi territory, nearly triggering an immediate military conflict. British troops returned within weeks at Kuwait's request, and the crisis was only defused through Arab League intervention. This commemorative was struck against that complicated backdrop of hard-won sovereignty, four years before the Iraqi invasion of 1990 would make the founding moment feel even more freighted.