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25 Dinars Propaganda Note
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| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Reverse description | Plain white field within a thin rectangular border, bearing five lines of handset Arabic propaganda text printed in black. The layout is stark and unadorned, with no vignette or guilloche work, contrasting sharply with the elaborate obverse facsimile. |
| Reverse lettering | أنَّ النقود في العراق، أصبحت ليست لها قيمة . حيث نقص في المواد الغذائية ، وليس هناك راحة ولا السَّعادة . أن في العراق اليوم ،عطش ومجاعة وسفالة وموت. أن صدَّام حسين، هو المسؤول عن ذلك كله . والآن باشر بالعمل ضدَّ نظام صدَّام . . . لابد من سقوط صدَّام . |
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Propaganda overprints on circulating banknotes were a low-cost psychological warfare tool used extensively in the Balkans during the 1990s conflicts. A genuine note pulled from circulation, overprinted with a political message, and redistributed required no printing infrastructure beyond a basic press — the host note's own authority lent the message a strange credibility.
Without confirmed attribution to a specific belligerent, date of production, or overprint text on record, the exact origin of this example remains open. The Yugoslav successor-state conflicts generated propaganda notes from multiple factions, and misattribution between Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian-issued pieces is common in the secondary market.