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1/4 Dinar
| Issuer | Central Bank of Kuwait |
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| Year | 1980-1991 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF KUWAIT QUARTER DINAR |
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| Protection description | Dhow (traditional Arab sailing vessel) watermark visible in the blank oval field on the reverse |
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Kuwait's invasion by Iraq in August 1990 created one of the more documented cases of state-sanctioned currency theft in modern history. Iraqi forces removed substantial quantities of Kuwaiti banknotes — including stocks of this series — from the Central Bank and storage facilities. Notes with serial prefix 59 fall within the range identified as part of that stolen inventory, making provenance a genuine concern for any example bearing that prefix.
The Kuwaiti government subsequently invalidated the entire series following liberation in 1991, replacing it with a new issue. Stolen notes that entered circulation outside Kuwait were rendered worthless overnight.