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| Issuer | Central Bank of Libya |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 1/4 Dinar |
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| Obverse description | Central design features a stylized palm tree with a latent image security element in the field, alternately displaying the fractional denomination or a crescent oriented to the northeast accompanied by a star. The inscription 'Central Bank of Libya' appears in Latin script along the upper legend, with the denomination '1/4' and the Islamic crescent symbol below. The design incorporates a security latent image visible at varying angles of observation. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Libya's 2014 coinage was issued amid the country's post-Gaddafi political fracture, a period in which two competing governments were claiming legitimacy simultaneously. That the Central Bank managed to commission and distribute a new coin series at all during this period is itself notable.
Nordic gold — the copper-aluminum-zinc-tin alloy developed by Outokumpu — was chosen for its resistance to counterfeiting and its gold-like appearance without the cost, a combination that made it the dominant alloy for mid-denomination coinage across dozens of issuing authorities after its 1990s introduction.