جمهورية العراق
(Republic of Iraq)
البنك المركزي العراقي
(Central Bank of Iraq)
Currency - Dinar (IQD)
Here, I have posted four notes of 10,000 dinars x 1; 25,000 dinars x 2 and one 50000 dinars notes. All notes are printed with the year date of 2020 (٢٠٢٠). So far these are the only notes sighted with this year's date. It is not sure if other decommissions are also printed with the same year date. Since the first release of the 50000 dinars in 2015, the country has not released a full set of banknotes in a given year.
As per my heading, there are two versions for the 25000 dinars notes. Both are printed with the Gregorian calendar of 2020 (in Arabic ٢٠٢٠). However, the difference between these two notes is that the Islamic Hijri year is not the same. One is printed with ١٤٤١ (AH 1441) and the other one is printed with ١٤٤٢ (AH 1442). Unfortunately, I do not have an answer here for this as to why, but what I can speculate is that the Islamic new year in 2020 started on 21.08.2020 for AH 1442, and therefore one batch of banknotes must have been printed in the first half of 2020 before the new year of 21.08.2020, and another batch printed after the new year date, thus the year AH 1442. Such varieties are always making this collection more interesting. It should be noted that the Islamic year is made up of 354 or 355 days. In addition to the Hijri year date, the signatures are not the same either as all three notes posted here are not all the same. However, I believe two of the signatures are signed by the same person.
As per previous issues, these notes are all printed on Hybrid materials. The 50000 dinars note is the first reprint since 2015, whilst for the 25000 dinars, this is the fourth/fifth prints on Hybrid material.
The designs on these notes are pretty much the same as those previously released, apart from the new date and signature.
Ten Thousand Dinars (1442 AH١٤٤٢)
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Dated 2020, Freedom monument in Baghdad
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Front - The Freedom monument in Baghdad. This monument is located in Tahrir Square in the center of Baghdad and was opened in 1961.
Back - The great mosque of al-Nuri. This mosque is famous for its leaning minaret, which is also sometimes called 'the hunchback'. This mosque is located in the city of Mosul, and was believed to be built in 1173.
Governor - Mustafa Ghaleb (tenure 15.09.2020-)
Dimensions - 172mm x 79mm
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| The great mosque of al-Nuri |
Twenty Five Thousand Dinars (1441 AH١٤٤١)
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| A Kurdish girl holding a jug over her eight shoulder, a tractor ploughing the field |
Front - A Kurdish girl holding a jug over her right shoulder, a tractor ploughing the field loosening or turning the soil before planting. On the right is an ancient dinar coin. In the center of the note, it features a bunch of wheat.
Back - The main feature on the back of the note is the stone caving of the image of Hamurabiiy yatasallam al-sharia (King Hammurabi receiving the Law). On the bottom left is a sculpture of a standing animal, and in the bottom center are two horses walking toward each other.
Governor - Ali Mohsen Ismail al-Alaq (tenure 09.09.2014 to 15.09.2020)
Dimensions - 177mm x 78.5mm
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| Stone carving of the image of Hamurabiiy yatasallam al-sharia (King Hammurabi receiving the Law) |
Twenty Five Thousand Dinars (1442 AH١٤٤٢)
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| A Kurdish girl holding a jug over her eight shoulder, a tractor ploughing the field |
Governor - Mustafa Ghaleb (tenure 15.09.2020-)
Dimensions - 177.5mm x 77.5mm
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| Stone carving of the image of Hamurabiiy yatasallam al-sharia (King Hammurabi receiving the Law) |
Fifty Thousand Dinars (١٤٤١ AH 1441)
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| palm trees, Gali Ali Beg waterfall |
Front - Featuring a water wheel, palm trees and the Gali Ali Beg waterfall.
Back - The images of people floating on the marches, a reed house, two buffaloes swimming in the marshes, wildlife migrating to the marches and the Tigris rivers. The water for the marshes mainly came from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Governor - Ali Mohsen Ismail al-Alaq (tenure 09.09.2014 to 15.09.2020)
Dimensions - 159.5mm x 65mm
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| Mesopotamian Marshes or Iraqi Marshes |
Just imagine this. The Iraqi dinar was once a strong currency. Now the Iraqi currency is printed with values in thousands. How much higher can it go? Will we be seeing the next value of 100,000 dinars in the near future?
Footnote:
When buying Iraqi banknotes for a particular year, please ensure that you check the year date in Arabic. I have seen many sellers listing them in one particular year but the image is not showing what they were selling. For the 2020 year print, it should have the Arabic writing of ٢٠٢٠ on the top center of the note too.
