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50 Dinars 50th National Day, gilt
| Issuer | Central Bank of Kuwait |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Value | 50 Dinars |
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| Obverse description | Within a central silver field framed by an ornate floral cartouche, a color-applied scene depicts the Kuwait Towers and the Grand Mosque flanked by flagpoles flying the national flag of Kuwait in full color (green, white, red, and black). The numeral '50' appears prominently in the lower left of the central vignette, flanked by the date in both Arabic and Latin scripts reading '25 February 2011'. The gilt border surrounding the cartouche carries a curved Arabic legend along the upper arc and the English inscription 'The 50th Anniversary of the National Day of the State of Kuwait' running along the lower arc. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic/Latin |
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Kuwait's 50th National Day fell on June 19, 2011 — fifty years after Britain formally ended its protectorate over the sheikhdom in 1961. The independence itself was nearly immediately tested: Iraq's Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim declared Kuwait an integral part of Iraqi territory within days of the announcement, prompting a British military deployment that held until an Arab League force replaced it. That the fledgling state survived its first month intact was not a certainty.
The gilt variant of KM#40a was issued alongside a plain silver version, distinguishing the commemorative tier for collectors. At 155.5 grams of .999 silver, these are substantial objects rather than token pieces.