8 YEARS OF THE LIBYAN REVOLUTION

This is the one dinar note issued in 2018 to commemorate 8 years of the 2011 Libyan revolution and is the first Libyan note to be made of polymer substrate.

The front has the central bank building in Tripoli and the clear window has Omar Mukhtar, the lion of the desert. while on the reverse it has the Brega oil refinery and the arch of Marcus Aurelius.

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TRIPOLITANIA

Tripolitania was one of three provinces of Libya. It was situated in the North west of the country and was an Italian colony from 1927 up until Italy gave up any claim in 1947. The British administered the area from 1942 until libya became independent in 1951. In 1963 Libya reorganised the country into smaller Govenorates which split the area into 5 governorates.

This Note , the 10 Lire note, is from the allied occupation during WWII. It is undated but is from 1943. In this issue the 2 lire note is the rarest so look out for it !!!!!

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NEW LIBYAN DINAR

This is the newest 1 dinar note from Libya. the first issue after the Revolution/ Arab spring  in 2011/12 were reworkings of the previous notes with all traces on Gaddafi removed but this one is a new design issued in 2013. It has Anti- Gaddafi protestors on the front and the the Libyan flag and peace doves on the reverse.

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LIBYA

The State of Libya, formerly The  Socialist Peoples Arab Jamahiriya, is a country in North Africa, who's capital is Tripoli. The Italians took over occupation from the Ottoman Turks in 1911 until they were defeated in 1943 when the UN took control and independence was achieved in 1951. after a coup in 1969, Colonel Muammar al-Qadhafi took power and introduced his system of " the third universal theory" - a mixture of Socialism and Islam. UN sanctions in 1992 isolated Libya after the downing of Pan AM flight 103 over Lockerbie, in Scotland.The sanctions were lifted in 2003. In February 2011, after successful revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, a civil war started which saw the end of the Qadhafi regime. In july 2012 Libyans voted in a general Election to elect their first government since the Fall of the Qadhafi regime.

Monetary units:
1 Pound = 100 piastres (1951 -1971)
1 Dinar = 1000 Dirhams (1971 onwards)

These are two really colourful notes from the 2002 issue. The first is the half (1/2) Dinar note with an oil refinery on the front centre and an irrigation system on the reverse. The second one is a quarter (1/4) Dinar, this time with ruins on the front and a walled fortress on the reverse.

One huge co-incidence is that today (17th February 2013) Libya is due to release her new set of notes. this is the 2nd anniversary of the start of the civil war. A Sneak preview can be seen here at Banknote News .