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10 Dinars Abu Ali Hasan Ibn al-Haitham

Features

Issuer	Iraq
Issuing bank	Central Bank of Iraq (البنك المركزي العراقي)
Period	Republic (1958-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1400-1402 (1980-1982)
Calendar	Islamic (Hijri)
Value	10 Dinars (دنانير) (10 IQD)
Currency	Dinar (1931-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	170 × 78 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 203100
References	P# 71 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Purple on blue, violet and multicolor underprint.
Portrait of Abu Ali Hasan Ibn al-Haitham.
Solid security thread.

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
البنك المركزي العراقي
١٤٠٢ هـ - ١٩٨٢ م
عشرة دنانير
ورقة نقدية صادرة بموجب قانون
البنك المركزي العراقي

Translation:
Central Bank of Iraq
1402 AH 1982 AD
Ten Dinars
Banknote issued under Law
by The Central Bank of Iraq

Reverse

Purple on blue, violet and multicolor underprint.
Al Habda Minerat of the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri, Mosul Iraq.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Central Bank of Iraq
Ten Dinars

Watermark

Horse head

Printer

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

Comments

Themes of this issue:

Abu Ali Hasan Ibn al-Haitham was a Muslim Arab mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age. Referred to as "the father of modern optics", he made significant contributions to the principles of optics and visual perception in particular.

©BBC News

The Great Mosque of Al-Nuri was famous for its leaning minaret, which gave the city its nickname "the hunchback" (الحدباء al-Ḥadbāˈ). The mosque withstood various hostile invading forces over its 850-year history until it was destroyed with its distinctive minaret in the Battle of Mosul in 2017.

Signature: Hassan al-Najafi

UV activity 1981 & 1982:

©gyoschak

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Date	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1400 (1980)	$ 0.60	$ 1.00	$ 1.40	$ 1.40	$ 1.80	$ 1.80	$ 3.30	P# 71a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	۱۹۸۰-۱٤۰۰	47%
1400 (1980)								P# 71s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen	0%
1401 (1981)			$ 0.33	$ 1.40	$ 2.90	$ 3.20	$ 3.50	P# 71a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	۱۹۸۱-۱٤۰۱	30%
1402 (1982)				$ 1.00	$ 1.00	$ 1.80	$ 2.50	P# 71a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	۱۹۸۲-۱٤۰۲	28%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 121 Lot 760	Apr 18, 2024	1400 (1980) – P# 71a – ۱۹۸۰-۱٤۰۰	XF	USD 5.81 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 143 Lot 463	Nov 13, 2024	1401 (1981) – P# 71a – ۱۹۸۱-۱٤۰۱	VF	Unsold
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