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20 Dinars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Libya |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of a traditional mud-brick school building in Ghadames, the UNESCO-listed desert city, its angular mudbrick towers rendered in deep red against a warm orange guilloche underprint. The numeral '20' appears in large format at upper left and lower right, with the 'TWENTY DINARS' legend in English set within an ornate arabesque cartouche at centre left. The issuer title 'CENTRAL BANK OF LIBYA' is inscribed across the upper register within a dark guilloche band, flanked by decorative geometric motifs. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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P#79 is one of the more unusual printing arrangements in recent North African issues: the note was produced jointly by De La Rue in London and Goznak in Moscow. This dual-printer contract emerged directly from the political fracture following the 2011 civil war — the rival Tobruk and Tripoli administrations each commissioned their own supply of banknotes, and the two production runs created a parallel currency problem that persisted for years, with both versions circulating simultaneously at fluctuating acceptance rates depending on which faction controlled a given region.
Goznak's involvement reflects Libya's post-Gaddafi realignment of supplier relationships rather than any technical shortcoming on De La Rue's part.