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5 Dinars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Kuwait |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The Kuwaiti arms appear at the left, with the Liberation Tower vignette at right, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint. The outline of a falcon's head is incorporated at upper left near the denomination numeral, enhanced with silver foil security element. Bilingual inscriptions in Arabic and English appear across the note face. |
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| Reverse description | A central intaglio-printed vignette of an oil refinery complex occupies the middle field, flanked at right by the distinctive Kuwait Towers rendered in fine line engraving, with electricity pylons and industrial infrastructure in the background. The denomination panel at lower centre reads "Five Dinars" in bold letterpress, with numeral "5" repeated at both lower corners. A colourful geometric guilloche underprint in pink, orange, and green tones frames the entire composition. |
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Kuwait's currency was suspended entirely during the Iraqi occupation of 1990–91, when the Central Bank's reserves were looted and large quantities of Kuwaiti dinars were seized and spent by Iraqi forces. After liberation, the entire pre-occupation series was demonetized in a compressed three-week window in March 1991, forcing a complete reissue program. This 1994 fifth series note is a direct product of that overhaul — a currency rebuild rather than a routine replacement cycle.
De La Rue had produced Kuwaiti notes since the earliest issues, and the relationship continued uninterrupted through the post-liberation reissue. The security thread specification on this series was upgraded specifically in response to the counterfeiting concerns that followed the occupation.