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Libya

  Members of the Currency Commission
Signature 1 Abdul Razak Shaglouf Mahmoud Bey Munataser
  Governor
Signature 2 Dr. Ali. N. Al Aneizi
26 April 1955 to 26 March 1961
Signature 3 Khalil Al Bennani
27 March 1961 to 1 September 1969
Signature 4 Kasem M. Sherlala
20 September 1969 to 17 January 1981
Signature 5 Rajeb A. Misallati
18 January 1981 to 3 March 1986
Signature 6 Mohamed Zarough Rajab
4 January 1987 to 6 October 1990
Signature 7 Dr. Abdulhafid Mahmoud Zilitni
7 October 1990 to 13 February 1996
Signature 8 Dr. Taher E. Jihimi
14 February 1996 to 22 March 2001
Signature 9 Dr. Ahmed M. Muneisi Abdel-Hamid
23 March 2001 to 5 March 2006
Signature 10 Farhat O. Bengdara
6 March 2006 to present

 

SCWPM Denomination Image Year Signature Prefix Comments
Central Bank of Libya – 2009 Issue
PNL   20 dinars Image (2009) Sig. 10 ‎2 ع/‎1 –
PNL   10 dinars Image (2009) Sig. 10 ‎7 ا/‎1 – ‎7 ا/‎15
PNL   5 dinars Image (2009) Sig. 10 ‎7 ب/‎1 –
PNL   1 dinar Image (2009) Sig. 10 ‎7 ج/‎1 – ‎7 ج/‎2
Central Bank of Libya – 2003 to 2008 Issue
PNL   50 dinars Image (2008) Sig. 10 ‎1 خ/‎1 –
67   20 dinars Image (2003) Sig. 9 ‎1 ع/‎5 – ‎1 ع/‎28
        (2008) Sig. 10 ‎1 ع/‎59 –
70   10 dinars Image (2004) Sig. 9 ‎6 ا/‎7 – ‎6 ا/‎28 Reduced size.
        (2008) Sig. 10 ‎6 ا/‎337 –
69   5 dinars Image (2004) Sig. 9 ‎6 ب/‎11 – ‎6 ب/‎18 Reduced size.
        (2008) Sig. 10 ‎6 ب/‎174 –
68   1 dinar Image (2004) Sig. 9 ‎6 ج/‎5 – ‎6 ج/‎7 Reduced size.
        (2008) Sig. 10 ‎6 ج/‎63 –
Central Bank of Libya – 2002 Issue
66   10 dinars Image (2002) Sig. 7 ‎5 ا/‎69 – ‎5 ا/‎152 Signature reverts to Sig. 7.
65 a 5 dinars Image (2002) Sig. 7 ‎5 ب/‎46 – ‎5 ب/‎50 Signature reverts to Sig. 7.
  b     (2002) Sig. 8   This signature variety is to be confirmed.
64 a 1 dinar Image (2002) Sig. 7 ‎5 ج/‎4 – ‎5 ج/‎22 Signature reverts to Sig. 7.
  b     (2002) Sig. 8 ‎5 ج/‎22 –
63   ½ dinar Image (2002) Sig. 7 ‎5 د/‎2 – ‎5 د/‎22 Signature reverts to Sig. 7.
62   ¼ dinar Image (2002) Sig. 7 ‎5 هـ/‎2 – ‎5 هـ/‎22 Signature reverts to Sig. 7.
Central Bank of Libya – 1991/93 Issue
61 a 10 dinars Image (1991) Sig. 7 ‎4 ا/‎64 – ‎4 ا/‎74 Serial number sequence continues from No.56.
  b       Sig. 8 ‎4 ا/‎96 –
60 a 5 dinars Image (1991) Sig. 6 ‎4 ب/‎28 – ‎4 ب/‎38 Serial number sequence continues from No.55.
An overlap with No.55 suggests that the first prefix of '28' has been misreported.
  b       Sig. 7 ‎4 ب/‎47 – ‎4 ب/‎74
  c       Sig. 8 ‎4 ب/‎92 – ‎4 ب/‎150
59 a 1 dinar Image (1993) Sig. 7 ‎4 ج/‎16 – ‎4 ج/‎38 Serial number sequence continues from No.54.
  b       Sig. 8 ‎4 ج/‎41 – ‎4 ج/‎47
58 a ½ dinar Image (1991) Sig. 6 ‎4 د/‎10 – ‎4 د/‎11
  b       Sig. 7 ‎4 د/‎13 – ‎4 د/‎31
  c       Sig. 8 ‎4 د/‎40 – ‎4 د/‎52
57 a ¼ dinar Image (1991) Sig. 6 ‎4 هـ/‎10 – ‎4 هـ/‎11 Serial number sequence continues from No.52.
  b       Sig. 7 ‎4 هـ/‎12 – ‎4 هـ/‎30
  c       Sig. 8 ‎4 هـ/‎34 – ‎4 هـ/‎41
Central Bank of Libya – 1988/90 Issue
56   10 dinars Image (1989) Sig. 6 ‎4 ا/‎1 – ‎4 ا/‎36 Serial number prefixes now have
Arabic letters in both prefixes.
55   5 dinars Image (1988) Sig. 6 ‎4 ب/‎15 – ‎4 ب/‎36
54   1 dinar Image (1988) Sig. 6 ‎4 ج/‎1 – ‎4 ج/‎15
53   ½ dinar Image (1990) Sig. 6 ‎4 د/‎1 (4 D/1) – ‎4 د/‎9 (4 D/9)
52   ¼ dinar Image (1990) Sig. 6 ‎4 هـ/‎1 (4 E/1) – ‎4 هـ/‎9 (4 E/9)
Central Bank of Libya – 1984 Issue
51   10 dinars Image (1984) Sig. 5 ١/ا ٣ ‎(3 A/1) – ١١/ا ٣ ‎(3 A/11)
50   5 dinars Image (1984) Sig. 5 ١/ب ٣ ‎(3 B/1) – ٣٢/ب ٣ ‎(3 B/32)
49   1 dinar Image (1984) Sig. 5 ١/ج ٣ ‎(3 C/1) – ١٣/ج ٣ ‎(3 C/13)
48   ½ dinar Image (1984) Sig. 5 ١/د ٣ ‎(3 D/1) – ٦/د ٣ ‎(3 D/6)
47   ¼ dinar Image (1984) Sig. 5 ١/هـ ٣ ‎(3 E/1) – ٥/هـ ٣ ‎(3 E/5)
Central Bank of Libya – 1980/81 Issues
46 a 10 dinars Image (1981) Sig. 4 ٣٨/ا ٢ ‎(2 A/38) – ١١٨/ا ٢ ‎(2 A/118)
  b       Sig. 5 ١٢٣/ا ٢ ‎(2 A/123) – ١٤٢/ا ٢ ‎(2 A/142)
45 a 5 dinars Image (1981) Sig. 4 ١/ب ٢ ‎(2 B/1) – ٦٧/ب ٢ ‎(2 B/67)
  b       Sig. 5 ٧٧/ب ٢ ‎(2 B/77) – ٨١/ب ٢ ‎(2 B/81)
44 a 1 dinar Image (1981) Sig. 4 ١/ج ٢ ‎(2 C/1) – ٣١/ج ٢ ‎(2 C/31)
  b       Sig. 5 ٤٠/ج ٢ ‎(2 C/40) – ٤٣/ج ٢ ‎(2 C/43)
43 a ½ dinar Image (1980) Sig. 4 ٣/د ٢ ‎(2 D/3) – ١٣/د ٢ ‎(2 D/13)
  b       Sig. 5 ١٦/د ٢ ‎(2 D/16) – ١٧/د ٢ ‎(2 D/17)
42A a ¼ dinar Image (1980) Sig. 4 ٣/هـ ٢ ‎(2 E/3) – ١٢/هـ ٢ ‎(2 E/12)
  b       Sig. 5 ١٧/هـ ٢ ‎(2 E/17) – ٢١/هـ ٢ ‎(2 E/21)
Central Bank of Libya – 1971/72 Issues
37 a 10 dinars Image (1971) Sig. 4 ١/ا ١ ‎(1 A/1) – ٥/ا ١ ‎(1 A/5) Without Arabic inscription on front.
  b   Image (1972) Sig. 4 ٦/ا ١ ‎(1 A/6) – ٨٩/ا ١ ‎(1 A/89) Arabic inscription at lower right on front.
36 a 5 dinars Image (1971) Sig. 4 ١/ب ١ ‎(1 B/1) – ٣/ب ١ ‎(1 B/3) Without Arabic inscription on front.
  b   Image (1972) Sig. 4 ٦/ب ١ ‎(1 B/6) – ٥٠/ب ١ ‎(1 B/50) Arabic inscription at lower right on front.
35 a 1 dinar Image (1971) Sig. 4 ١/ج ١ ‎(1 C/1) – ٣/ج ١ ‎(1 C/3) Without Arabic inscription on front.
  b   Image (1972) Sig. 4 ٤/ج ١ ‎(1 C/4) – ٣٧/ج ١ ‎ (1 C/37) Arabic inscription at lower right on front.
34 a ½ dinar Image (1971) Sig. 4 ١/د ١ ‎(1 D/1) – ٢/د ١ ‎(1 D/2) Without Arabic inscription on front.
  b   Image (1972) Sig. 4 ٣/د ١ ‎(1 D/3) – ١٩/د ١ ‎ (1 D/19) Arabic inscription at lower right on front.
33 a ¼ dinar Image (1971) Sig. 4 ١/هـ ١ ‎(1 E/1) – ٢/هـ ١ ‎(1 E/2) Without Arabic inscription on front.
  b   Image (1972) Sig. 4 ٤/هـ ١ ‎(1 E/4) – ١٨/هـ ١ ‎(1 E/18) Arabic inscription at lower right on front.
Bank of Libya – Second Issue
32   10 Pounds Image   Sig. 3 ١٤/ا ٥ ‎(5 A/14) – ١٥/ا ٥ ‎(5 A/15)
31   5 Pounds Image   Sig. 3 ١٤/ب ٥ ‎(5 B/14) – ١٦/ب ٥ ‎(5 B/16)
30   1 Pound Image   Sig. 3 ٣٠/ج ٥ ‎(5 C/30) – ٣٩/ج ٥ ‎(5 C/39)
29   ½ Pound Image   Sig. 3 ١٥/د ٥ ‎(5 D/15) – ١٧/د ٥ ‎(5 D/17)
28   ¼ Pound Image   Sig. 3 ١٣/ف ٤ ‎(4 F/13) – ١٤/ف ٤ ‎(4 F/14)
Bank of Libya – First Issue (Law of 5 February 1963)
27   10 Pounds Image   Sig. 3 ٤/ا ٤ ‎(4 A/4) – ١٤/ا ٤ ‎(4 A/14)
26   5 Pounds Image   Sig. 3 ٥/ب ٤ ‎(4 B/5) – ١١/ب ٤ ‎(4 B/11)
25   1 Pound Image   Sig. 3 ٧/ج ٤ ‎(4 C/7) – ٢٤/ج ٤ ‎(4 C/24)
24   ½ Pound Image   Sig. 3 ٧/د ٤ ‎(4 D/7) – ١٧/د ٤ ‎(4 D/17)
23   ¼ Pound Image   Sig. 3 ١/ف ٣ ‎(3 F/1) – ١٢/ف ٣ ‎(3 F/12)
National Bank of Libya – 1958-59 Issue
22 a 10 Pounds Image (1958) Sig. 2 ٣/ا ‎(A/3)
  b   Image (1958) Sig. 3 ٤/ا ‎(A/4)
21 a 5 Pounds Image (1958) Sig. 2 ٣/ب ‎(B/3) – ٤/ب ‎(B/4) Highest number observed is B/4 447013.
  b   Image (1958) Sig. 3 ٤/ب ‎(B/4) Lowest number observed is B/4 860016.
20 a 1 Pound Image (1959) Sig. 2 ٤/ج ‎(C/4) – ٩/ج ‎(C/9)
  b   Image (1962) Sig. 3 ١٠/ج ‎(C/10) – ١١/ج ‎(C/11)
19 a ½ Pound Image (1959) Sig. 2 ٥/د (D/5) Black serial number.
  b   Image (1962) Sig. 3 ٦/د (D/6) Black serial number.
  c   Image (1963) Sig. 3 ٦/د (D/6) – ٧/د (D/7) Red serial number.
Libyan Currency Commission – 1955 Issue
Notes of this series carry the date 24 October 1951. This is the date on which the law was passed, authorizing the issue of
notes by the Libyan Currency Commission. The notes were actually issued in 1955.
11   10 Pounds Image 24/10/51 Sig. 1 ٢/ا ‎(A/2) Section of royal arms on the front
of the notes.
10   5 Pounds   24/10/51 Sig. 1 ٢/ب ‎(B/2)
9   1 Pound Image 24/10/51 Sig. 1 ١/ج ‎(C/1) – ٥/ج ‎(C/5)
8   ½ Pound Image 24/10/51 Sig. 1 ٤/د ‎(D/4)
7   ¼ Pound Image 24/10/51 Sig. 1 ١/ج ‎(G/1) Temple at Sabratha on front.
6   10 Piastres Image 24/10/51 Sig. 1 ١/ك ‎(K/1) – ١٨/ك ‎(K/18) Arch of Trajan at Leptis Magna
on front.
5   5 Piastres Image 24/10/51 Sig. 1 ١/ل ‎(L/1) – ١٣/ل ‎(L/13) Roman Forum at Cyrene on front.
Libyan Currency Commission – 1952 Issue
Notes of this issue carry the date 1 January 1952. This is the date by which Libya had to become independent under the
resolution passed by the United Nations. These notes were prepared before the law authorizing their issue had been passed,
which is why they carry this date and no signatures. The notes were issued from 24 March 1952.
18   10 Pounds Image 1/1/52 None ١/ا ‎(A/1) All notes of this series have a
portrait of King Idris.
17   5 Pounds Image 1/1/52 None ١/ب ‎(B/1)
16   1 Pound Image 1/1/52 None ١/ج ‎(C/1) – ٣/ج ‎(C/5)
15   ½ Pound Image 1/1/52 None ٢/د ‎(D/2) – ٣/د ‎(D/3)
14   ¼ Pound Image 1/1/52 None ٢/ف ‎(F/1) – ١/ف ‎(F/2)
13   10 Piastres Image 1/1/52 None ١/هـ ‎(H/1) – ٣/هـ ‎(H/3)
12   5 Piastres Image 1/1/52 None ١/ك ‎(K/1) – ٤/ك ‎(K/4)

 

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