Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Dirhams
| Issuer | Central Bank of Libya |
|---|---|
| Year | 1979 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The Arabic numeral ٥ appears prominently in the upper centre of the field, with the denomination legend دراهم (Dirhams) inscribed below it. Two crossed grain ears, rendered in fine detail, are positioned beneath the denomination inscription. The central motif is enclosed within a decorative square frame composed of stylised geometric and foliate arabesques at each corner and along the sides. The entire design is surrounded by a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Libya's 1979 coinage was issued under the Jamahiriya government, Gaddafi's self-described "state of the masses" declared just two years earlier in 1977. The brass-clad steel construction reflects a pragmatic cost-reduction shift common across North African monetary systems during the late 1970s, as rising commodity prices made solid copper-nickel alloys increasingly expensive to strike in volume.