B353 (PNL): 500 dinars (US$0.35) Green and blue. Front: Arabic text; Dukan (Dokan) Dam on the Lesser Zab River in Sulaimania Governorate. Back: English and Kurdish text; winged bull statue from Palace of Khorsabad in Dur-Sharrukin (Fortress of Sargon) and Assyrian priest. Solid security thread with demetalized Arabic text. Watermark:Read More…
For more than five years, the Central Bank of Iraq has planned to remove three zeroes from the banknotes and add Kurdish text. To date the efforts to redenominate the dinar have failed to come to fruition, but as this note demonstrates, the addition of Kurdish text is underway, withRead More…
According to an Arabic press release dated 11 November 2015 (English translation here), the Central Bank of Iraq introduced the following 50,000-dinar note. B357 (P103): 50,000 dinars (US$35) Brown, green, yellow, and blue. Front: Arabic text; Assyrian jar in blue-to-green SPARK; water wheel on the Euphrates river; palm trees; flyingRead More…
According to an Arabic-language press release dated 25 February 2015, the Central Bank of Iraq is withdrawing its lowest-denomination note, the 50-dinar note (B346a), as of 30 April 2015. Courtesy of Nick.Read More…
According to a press release dated 7 August 2014, the Central Bank of Iraq has introduced a new 10,000-dinar banknote. B355 (P101): 10,000 dinars (US$6.85) Green. Front: Arabic text; gold-to-green SPARK feature; sculptor Jawad Saleem’s Freedom Monument in Baghdad. Back: English text; al-Hadba’ (the hunchback) minaret and trees at theRead More…
According to an Arabic languague press release, the Central Bank of Iraq has issued new 5,000- and 25,000-dinar notes like the existing notes (B350 and B352, respectively, but with enhanced seucirty features and dated 2013. The 5,000-dinar note has a green-to-blue SPARK patch at lower right front, and a 4-mmRead More…
Like B350c, but new signature (Saeed) and new date (٢٠١٢ – ١٤٣٤). 300-dpi scans requested. Courtesy of Dmitry Svobodin.Read More…
Like B347b, but new signature (Saeed), new date (٢٠١٣ – ١٤٣٥), and one intaglio circle at upper left front for the sight impaired. Like B348a, but new signature (Saeed), new date (٢٠١٣ – ١٤٣٥), and two intaglio circles at upper left front for the sight impaired. Courtesy of Jürg Rindlisbacher,Read More…
Like B349c, but smaller signature, new date (٢٠١٣ – ١٤٣٥), and three intaglio circles at left front for the sight impaired. Courtesy of Jürg Rindlisbacher and Sejin Ahn.Read More…
According a report on Kurdnet dated 9 April 2014, the Central Bank of Iraq has announced printing new banknotes with new images, new security features, and features to help the sight-impaired distinguish between denominations.Read More…