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250 Dinars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Iraq |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Value | 250 Dinars |
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| Obverse description | Lilac and purple note with a portrait vignette of Saddam Hussein at right, set against a fine guilloche underprint in pink and violet tones. The issuer's name in Arabic script appears in a dark panel at top center, with the denomination in Arabic-Indic numerals at upper right and lower left. Central Arabic inscription gives the denomination in words, flanked by ornamental floral rosettes and intricate latticework borders. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a central intaglio vignette of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, captioned below in both Arabic and English. To the right of the vignette, an ornate arched mihrab-style panel displays intricate Islamic geometric and floral patterns. The denomination numeral "250" appears at upper left and lower right, with the issuer's name in English along the top band and the full denomination in English lettering across the lower margin. |
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This note was issued under Saddam Hussein's government in the final year before the U.S.-led invasion, making its production run unexpectedly short. De La Rue's Gateshead facility — rather than the company's more prominent operations elsewhere — handled the contract, continuing a supplier relationship Iraq had maintained through various international sanctions workarounds.
Following the 2003 invasion, the Coalition Provisional Authority oversaw a currency swap in late 2003 and early 2004, during which both the "Swiss dinar" series and Saddam-era notes were withdrawn simultaneously. This 250 Dinar denomination was among the notes exchanged at a fixed rate of 150 new dinars per old dinar.