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50 Fils
| Issuer | Iraq Currency Board |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1931-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears a central vignette of the young King Faisal II in traditional attire, positioned to the left, surrounded by intricate guilloche patterns and a decorative border. The bilingual inscription 'IRAQ CURRENCY BOARD' and its Arabic equivalent 'مجلس العملة العراقية' appear alongside the promise-to-pay clause in both English and Arabic. The denomination 'FIFTY FILS' and numeral '50' are clearly rendered, with the date '١٩٤٤' (1944) incorporated into the design. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Iraq Currency Board was a British-administered body established in 1931 to manage Iraqi currency during the mandate period, and it continued issuing notes well after nominal independence. The 1944 dated issues appeared during wartime, when Iraq was under effective Allied military occupation following the suppression of the Rashid Ali coup and Germany-backed revolt of 1941 — a political reality that shaped every fiscal decision made in Baghdad for the remainder of the decade.
Bradbury Wilkinson printed across a wide range of colonial and mandate currency at their New Malden works during this period. The fils denominations circulated hard in daily trade and suffered accordingly; surviving examples in clean condition are genuinely uncommon.