{"title":"Libya Banknotes for Collectors for Sale","description":"\u003cp\u003eRare and historic \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libyan_dinar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLibyan banknotes\u003c\/a\u003e spanning the Kingdom, Gaddafi era, and modern state — each a tangible piece of one of North Africa's most turbulent and fascinating histories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhy Collect Libyan Banknotes?\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLibya\u003c\/a\u003e has passed through three radically different political identities in less than a century: a monarchy under \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idris_of_Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKing Idris\u003c\/a\u003e, four decades of revolutionary rule under \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muammar_Gaddafi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMuammar Gaddafi\u003c\/a\u003e, and a fractured post-2011 republic still finding its footing. Each era produced distinct currency — making Libyan notes among the most politically layered collectibles in world numismatics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat You'll Find Here\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKingdom of Libya piastre and pound notes (1951–1969)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLibyan Arab Republic and Jamahiriya-era dinars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Bank_of_Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCentral Bank of Libya\u003c\/a\u003e issues from the modern period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUncirculated, Fine, and circulated grades across all series\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Grading\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes are described using standard numismatic grading. Uncirculated examples show no handling wear and retain full original crispness. All conditions are clearly noted in each listing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eShipping \u0026amp; Packaging\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery note ships in a protective sleeve inside a rigid mailer to ensure it arrives in the same condition it left.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"stunning-blue-gaddafi-qaddafi-libya-dictator-1-dinar-2004-p-68-unc-b071-mosque","title":"Libya P-68 Gaddafi Qaddafi dictator 1 dinar 2004 UNC—blue—authentic currency","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBanknote Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP-68a — Signed by Dr. Ahmed M. Muneisi Abdel-Hamid (DAMMAH), Governor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP-68b — Signed by Farhat O. Bengdara (FOB), Governor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFront:\u003c\/strong\u003e Portrait of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muammar_Gaddafi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMuammar Gaddafi\u003c\/a\u003e; Arabic text of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Socialist_People%27s_Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSocialist People's Arab Jamahiriya\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Bank_of_Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCentral Bank of Libya\u003c\/a\u003e; five windowed security strip segments visible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBack:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blue on multicolor underprint; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gurgi_Mosque\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMawlai Muhammad Mosque\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tripoli\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTripoli\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blue on multicolor underprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Muammar Gaddafi portrait and denomination within square\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142 × 70 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Central Bank of Libya (مصرف ليبيا المركزي)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_La_Rue\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDe La Rue\u003c\/a\u003e, London, United Kingdom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDemonetized:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDemonetized\u003c\/a\u003e 30 September 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e See Varieties above\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Socialist_People%27s_Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGreat Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya\u003c\/a\u003e (1977–2011)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGaddafi: The Colonel Who Rewrote the Rules\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew leaders of the 20th century were as theatrical, as contradictory, or as difficult to categorize as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muammar_Gaddafi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMuammar Gaddafi\u003c\/a\u003e (1942–2011). He seized power in a bloodless coup in 1969 at just 27, overthrowing the Western-backed \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idris_of_Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKing Idris\u003c\/a\u003e, and immediately set about dismantling everything that came before him — foreign military bases, oil concessions, the monarchy, the name of the country itself. He called his system the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamahiriya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJamahiriya\u003c\/a\u003e — a word he invented, roughly meaning \"state of the masses\" — and published his political philosophy in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Green_Book_(Gaddafi)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGreen Book\u003c\/a\u003e, a rambling rejection of both capitalism and communism that he insisted was a third way for humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn practice, Libya under Gaddafi was an oil-funded autocracy with a cult of personality so elaborate it became almost surreal — the all-female bodyguard unit, the Bedouin tent pitched on foreign soil during state visits, the ever-changing military uniforms, the decades of sponsoring everyone from the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Republican_Army\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIRA\u003c\/a\u003e to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nelson_Mandela\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNelson Mandela\u003c\/a\u003e. He was responsible for the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockerbie_bombing\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLockerbie bombing\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1986_Berlin_discotheque_bombing\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBerlin disco bombing\u003c\/a\u003e, spent years as a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rogue_state\" target=\"_blank\"\u003erogue state\u003c\/a\u003e pariah, then reinvented himself as a Western partner after 2003 by surrendering his \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weapons_of_mass_destruction_and_Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWMD program\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tony_Blair\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTony Blair\u003c\/a\u003e shook his hand. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Condoleezza_Rice\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCondoleezza Rice\u003c\/a\u003e called it a model for other rogue states.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt ended in 2011 when the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libyan_Civil_War_(2011)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArab Spring\u003c\/a\u003e reached Libya and NATO intervened. Gaddafi was captured hiding in a drainage pipe near his hometown of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sirte\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSirte\u003c\/a\u003e and killed by rebel fighters on 20 October 2011. His face — on this note, on the watermark, inescapable — was the last thing Libya's Jamahiriya-era currency ever showed the world. The note was \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003edemonetized\u003c\/a\u003e on 30 September 2025, making it a collector's piece with a very specific end date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMawlai Muhammad Mosque\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse features the Mawlai Muhammad Mosque in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tripoli\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTripoli\u003c\/a\u003e, one of the city's historic Ottoman-era landmarks. Its inclusion on the dinar reflects the role of Islamic heritage in Libyan national identity throughout the Jamahiriya period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSecurity Features\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis note incorporates multiple layers of anti-counterfeiting technology: five windowed security strip segments on the obverse, a thin plain strip and a thicker readable strip (repeating \"1\" and \"Dinar\") visible under backlight, gold iridescent ink at the upper right of the reverse, and a windowed security thread that fluoresces under UV at 365nm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51499227644215,"sku":"LY68U","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/57_7fdf7c61-a1e7-40ac-b7c5-585ecb6615d1.jpg?v=1767019108"},{"product_id":"libya-p-62-0-25-dinars-nd-2002-u-multicolored-trajan-arch-at-leptis-magna","title":"Libya P-62 ¼ 1\/4 Dinar 2002 UNC Uncirculated—Roman Ruins Leptus Magna, Arch of Tiberius","description":"\u003cp\u003eLibya P-62 ¼ Dinar 2002, Uncirculated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Only one variety\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ochre on multicolor underprint (obverse); multicolor (reverse)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFront:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArch of Tiberius at Leptis Magna\u003c\/strong\u003e (also known as Lepcis Magna, Lectis Magna, Neapolis, LPQY) in Al Khums, Libya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArabic inscriptions: Socialist Popular Arab Jamahiriya; Central Bank of Libya; Quarter Dinar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBack:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePalm trees and \u003cstrong\u003eMurzuq Fortress\u003c\/strong\u003e in Fezzan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArabic inscriptions: Socialist Popular Arab Jamahiriya; Central Bank of Libya; Quarter Dinar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Coat of arms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSecurity Thread:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dr. Abdulhafid Mahmoud Zilitni (DAMZ), Governor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing Bank:\u003c\/strong\u003e Central Bank of Libya (مصرف ليبيا المركزي)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/strong\u003e Libyan Dinar (LYD), 1971–date\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDenomination:\u003c\/strong\u003e ¼ Dinar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142 × 71 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShape:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rectangular\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDemonetized:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e De La Rue (Thomas De La Rue \u0026amp; Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry:\u003c\/strong\u003e Libya — Italian Colony (1911–1951); Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969); Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1977); Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011); State of Libya (2011–present)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Arch of Tiberius at Leptis Magna\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Roman Jewel on the Libyan Coast\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Arch of Tiberius stands at the heart of Leptis Magna, one of the most remarkably preserved Roman cities in the world. Built in honor of Emperor Tiberius around 35 CE, the arch marked the intersection of two major thoroughfares in what was then one of the most prosperous cities of the Roman Empire. Leptis Magna — birthplace of Emperor Septimius Severus — flourished as a major trading hub on the North African coast, its grand colonnaded streets, basilica, and harbor testifying to its former glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Leptis Magna draws scholars and travelers alike to its extraordinary state of preservation, its golden limestone columns rising against the Mediterranean sky much as they did two millennia ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMurzuq Fortress and the Fezzan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGateway to the Sahara\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the reverse, the Murzuq Fortress rises amid a grove of palm trees in the heart of the Fezzan — the vast southwestern desert region of Libya that served for centuries as a crossroads of trans-Saharan trade. The fortress of Murzuq, capital of the historic Fezzan kingdom, was a key waypoint on caravan routes linking sub-Saharan Africa to the Mediterranean world, carrying gold, salt, and enslaved peoples across the sands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe juxtaposition of fortress and palms captures the resilience of desert civilization — life sustained against an unforgiving landscape through ingenuity, trade, and endurance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Final Reflection: Two Worlds, One Note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis quarter dinar note encapsulates Libya's layered identity — the Mediterranean grandeur of Roman Leptis Magna on one face, and the Saharan depth of Fezzan's fortress culture on the other. Issued during the Jamahiriya period under Muammar Gaddafi's government, it is now demonetized, making it a collectible artifact of a political era that has since passed into history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the collector, this note offers not merely a piece of currency but a window into two of Libya's most storied landscapes — one carved in Roman stone, the other built of desert mud-brick — united on a single small rectangle of paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51799015096631,"sku":"LY62U","price":1.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/62o.jpg?v=1774317995"},{"product_id":"libya-p-71-1-dinar-2009-u-gadaffi-multicolor","title":"Libya P-71 1 Dinar 2009 UNC—Gadaffi—light purple\/red\/blue |Oldest Mosque","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBanknote Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e Only one variety\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFront:\u003c\/strong\u003e Portrait of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muammar_Gaddafi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMuammar Gaddafi\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBack:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mawlai_Muhammad_Mosque\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMawlai Muhammad Mosque\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tripoli\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTripoli\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Multicolor with purple, lavender, red tones, pink, light blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Portrait of Muammar Gaddafi; numeral \"1\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140 × 70 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Bank_of_Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCentral Bank of Libya\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e —\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDemonetized:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30 September 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Farhat O. Bengdara (FOB), Governor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner:\u003c\/strong\u003e —\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLibya\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eItalian Libya\u003c\/a\u003e (1911–1943)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKingdom of Libya\u003c\/a\u003e (1951–1969)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libyan_Arab_Republic\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLibyan Arab Republic\u003c\/a\u003e (1969–1977)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Socialist_People%27s_Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGreat Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya\u003c\/a\u003e (1977–2011)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eState of Libya\u003c\/a\u003e (2011–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eGaddafi: The Colonel Who Rewrote the Rules\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew leaders of the 20th century were as theatrical, as contradictory, or as difficult to categorize as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muammar_Gaddafi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMuammar Gaddafi\u003c\/a\u003e (1942–2011). He seized power in a bloodless coup in 1969 at just 27, overthrowing the Western-backed \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idris_of_Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKing Idris\u003c\/a\u003e, and immediately set about dismantling everything that came before him — foreign military bases, oil concessions, the monarchy, the name of the country itself. He called his system the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamahiriya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJamahiriya\u003c\/a\u003e — a word he invented, roughly meaning \"state of the masses\" — and published his political philosophy in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Green_Book_(Gaddafi)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGreen Book\u003c\/a\u003e, a rambling rejection of both capitalism and communism that he insisted was a third way for humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn practice, Libya under Gaddafi was an oil-funded autocracy with a cult of personality so elaborate it became almost surreal — the all-female bodyguard unit, the Bedouin tent pitched on foreign soil during state visits, the ever-changing military uniforms, the decades of sponsoring everyone from the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Republican_Army\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIRA\u003c\/a\u003e to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nelson_Mandela\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNelson Mandela\u003c\/a\u003e. He was responsible for the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lockerbie_bombing\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLockerbie bombing\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1986_Berlin_discotheque_bombing\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBerlin disco bombing\u003c\/a\u003e, spent years as a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rogue_state\" target=\"_blank\"\u003erogue state\u003c\/a\u003e pariah, then reinvented himself as a Western partner after 2003 by surrendering his \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weapons_of_mass_destruction_and_Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWMD program\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tony_Blair\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTony Blair\u003c\/a\u003e shook his hand. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Condoleezza_Rice\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCondoleezza Rice\u003c\/a\u003e called it a model for other rogue states.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt ended in 2011 when the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libyan_Civil_War_(2011)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArab Spring\u003c\/a\u003e reached Libya and NATO intervened. Gaddafi was captured hiding in a drainage pipe near his hometown of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sirte\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSirte\u003c\/a\u003e and killed by rebel fighters on 20 October 2011. His face — on this note, on the watermark, inescapable — was the last thing Libya's Jamahiriya-era currency ever showed the world. The note was \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003edemonetized\u003c\/a\u003e on 30 September 2025, making it a collector's piece with a very specific end date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Mawlai Muhammad Mosque: Tripoli's Oldest Surviving Mosque\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mosque on the reverse is one of Tripoli's oldest and most historically layered religious sites. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mawlai_Muhammad_Mosque\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMawlai Muhammad Mosque\u003c\/a\u003e sits in the heart of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medina_of_Tripoli\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eold medina\u003c\/a\u003e, a district that has been continuously inhabited since the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phoenicia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePhoenicians\u003c\/a\u003e founded the city as \u003cem\u003eOea\u003c\/em\u003e around the 7th century BC. The mosque itself dates to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOttoman\u003c\/a\u003e period, when Tripoli was a key node in the Mediterranean trade network and a base for the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbary_pirates\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBarbary corsairs\u003c\/a\u003e whose raids on European shipping made the city both feared and wealthy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes its appearance on this note quietly pointed is the contrast it creates with Gaddafi on the front. Gaddafi was ideologically ambivalent about traditional Islam — he rejected the authority of Islamic scholars, rewrote the Islamic calendar, and clashed repeatedly with religious establishments. Putting a centuries-old mosque on the back of a note bearing his face was either an attempt at legitimacy through religious imagery, or simply the kind of contradiction that defined his entire rule. Either way, the mosque outlasted him. It's still standing in the medina. The note is now a collector's item. The man is gone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51799015129399,"sku":"LY71U","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/71o_2f5df8b8-fb90-45f9-8f32-abf750f6f3d5.jpg?v=1774663849"},{"product_id":"libya-p-85-w85-1-dinar-nd-2019-u-polymer-blue","title":"Libya P-85 1 Dinar 2019 UNC—8th Anniv. Anti-Gadaffi Revolution Commemorative","description":"\u003cp\u003eLibya P-85 1 Dinar 2019, Uncirculated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Only one variety\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFront:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCentral Bank of Libya building, Tripoli\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArabic inscriptions: Central Bank of Libya; These banknotes are legal tender for any amount; One Dinar; Issued by Law by the Central Bank of Libya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBack:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrega Refinery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArch of Marcus Aurelius, Tripoli\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLatin inscriptions: Central Bank of Libya; One Dinar; 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Clear window of Omar Mukhtar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Al-Seddiq Omar al-Kabir (ASOK), Governor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing Bank:\u003c\/strong\u003e Central Bank of Libya (مصرف ليبيا المركزي)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/strong\u003e Libyan Dinar (LYD), 1971–date\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDenomination:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 Dinar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Polymer (SAFEGUARD™)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 130 × 65 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShape:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rectangular\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e De La Rue (Thomas De La Rue \u0026amp; Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry:\u003c\/strong\u003e Libya — Italian Colony (1911–1951); Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969); Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1977); Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011); State of Libya (2011–present)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Central Bank of Libya\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAnchor of a Nation in Transition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Central Bank of Libya building in Tripoli anchors the obverse of this commemorative note. Founded in 1956, the Central Bank has served as the financial backbone of Libya through monarchy, revolution, and the turbulent post-2011 transition. Its prominent placement on this note — issued to mark the 8th anniversary of the February 17th Revolution — underscores its role as a symbol of institutional continuity amid political upheaval.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bank's headquarters in Tripoli has itself become a contested symbol during Libya's ongoing civil conflict, with control of its resources representing economic and political legitimacy for rival factions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBrega Refinery and the Arch of Marcus Aurelius\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIndustry and Antiquity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse pairs two defining Libyan landmarks: the Brega oil refinery on the Gulf of Sidra — a cornerstone of Libya's petroleum economy and a flashpoint during the 2011 civil war — and the Arch of Marcus Aurelius, \u003cstrong\u003ethe sole surviving Roman triumphal arch in Tripoli, \u003c\/strong\u003eerected in \u003cstrong\u003e163 CE \u003c\/strong\u003eto honor the co-emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether they speak to Libya's dual inheritance: an ancient Mediterranean civilization whose monuments still stand in the heart of its capital, and a modern petrostate whose refineries have shaped its 20th- and 21st-century destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOmar Mukhtar\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Lion of the Desert\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe clear polymer window watermark depicts Omar Mukhtar (c. 1858–1931), the Senussi resistance leader who led the \u003cstrong\u003eLibyan guerrilla campaign \u003c\/strong\u003eagainst Italian colonial rule for nearly two decades. Captured and \u003cstrong\u003ehanged by Italian authorities in 1931,\u003c\/strong\u003e Mukhtar became the defining martyr of Libyan national identity — immortalized in film, on currency, and in the national consciousness as the \"Lion of the Desert.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCommemorating the Revolution against Dictator Muammar Gadaffi\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssued on 18 February 2019 to \u003cstrong\u003emark the 8th anniversary of the February 17th Revolution that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, \u003c\/strong\u003ethis polymer note is a rare commemorative issue from a country still navigating its post-revolutionary identity. Printed on De La Rue's SAFEGUARD™ polymer substrate — chosen for durability and security — it represents Libya's aspirations for a stable, modern state even as that stability remained elusive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the collector, this note is both a numismatic curiosity and a historical document — a small rectangle of polymer encoding the hopes, struggles, and unresolved tensions of a nation in the midst of reinventing itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51799015293239,"sku":"LY85U","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/85o_6f9af799-3e63-4570-9522-5020c87a4bb7.jpg?v=1774318561"},{"product_id":"ly37b-10-dinars-1972-unc","title":"Libya P-37b 10 Dinars ND (1972) XF—Anti-Italian Resistance Hero—Horses—LARGE note","description":"\u003cp\u003eLibya’s first dinar series, issued just two years after Gaddafi’s revolution replaced the monarchy, opens with one of the most charged portraits in African numismatics: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omar_Mukhtar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOmar Mukhtar\u003c\/a\u003e, the resistance leader the Italians hanged in 1931. Putting him on the new republic’s highest-denomination note was a political statement as much as a design choice. The P-37b is the more common of the two issued varieties — distinguished from the scarcer P-37a by a Quranic verse inscription at lower right — and the one most collectors encounter. Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson on a large 192 × 94 mm sheet, it is an imposing note.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFront\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColors:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackground: multicolor underprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDominant engraving: blue-grey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePortrait of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omar_Mukhtar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOmar Mukhtar\u003c\/a\u003e at left\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArabic inscriptions: \u003cem\u003eمصرف ليبيا المركزي\u003c\/em\u003e (Central Bank of Libya); \u003cem\u003eعشرة دنانير ليبية\u003c\/em\u003e (Ten Libyan Dinars); legal tender and issuing authority declarations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuranic verse inscription at lower right (P-37b only)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScript: Arabic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSignatures: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Kasem+Sherlala+Central+Bank+Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKasem M. Sherlala\u003c\/a\u003e, Governor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBack\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColors:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackground: multicolor underprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDominant engraving: blue-gray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree horsemen at center — a classic image of Libyan Bedouin cavalry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBilingual inscription: \u003cem\u003eCentral Bank of Libya\u003c\/em\u003e \/ \u003cem\u003eTen Dinars\u003c\/em\u003e in Latin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScript: Latin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOther Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarieties:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-37a — ND (1971), without Quranic inscription at lower right\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eP-37b — ND (1972), with Quranic inscription at lower right — this note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-37s — Specimen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCatalog numbers: P-37b; Numista N#223018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWatermark: Coat of Arms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComposition: Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize: 192 × 94 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIssuing entity: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Bank_of_Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCentral Bank of Libya\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinter: Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856–1990)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemonetized: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eYes\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSignatures: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Kasem+Sherlala+Central+Bank+Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKasem M. Sherlala\u003c\/a\u003e, Governor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrency: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libyan_dinar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLibyan Dinar (1971–date)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOfficial language(s): \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arabic\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArabic\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Libya\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrigin of name: from the ancient Greek \u003cem\u003eLibúe\u003c\/em\u003e, used by the Greeks to refer to all of North Africa west of Egypt; derived from the name of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libu\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLibu\u003c\/a\u003e, a Berber tribe recorded in Egyptian texts as early as the 13th century BC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCapital: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tripoli\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTripoli\u003c\/a\u003e (city pop. ~1.2 million; metro ~1.8 million)\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrigin of name: from the Greek \u003cem\u003eTripolis\u003c\/em\u003e, meaning \"Three Cities\" — referring to the three ancient Phoenician settlements of Oea (modern Tripoli), Sabratha, and Leptis Magna\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePopulation: ~7.4 million (UN 2023) — similar to Bulgaria or Washington State\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArea: 1,759,541 km² \/ 679,362 mi² — similar to Alaska or the combined area of France, Germany, Spain, and Italy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGDP per capita at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePPP\u003c\/a\u003e: ~$13,000 (est.) — heavily dependent on oil; severely disrupted by civil conflict since 2011\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMain exports: crude oil (~95% of export revenue), natural gas, petrochemicals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBorders: Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Egypt; Mediterranean Sea (north)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOfficial\/spoken language: Arabic — official; Berber (Tamazight) and Tuareg spoken by minorities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEthnicities: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab%E2%80%93Berber\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArab-Berber\u003c\/a\u003e (~97%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tuareg_people\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTuareg\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tebu_people\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTebu\u003c\/a\u003e, and other minorities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemberships: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eUnited Nations\u003c\/a\u003e (1955); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab_League\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArab League\u003c\/a\u003e (1953); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African_Union\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAfrican Union\u003c\/a\u003e (2002); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OPEC\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOPEC\u003c\/a\u003e (1962)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSovereignty:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhoenician and Greek colonies (7th–6th century BC) — Carthaginian and Cyrenaean settlements along the coast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoman province (146 BC–643 AD) — Leptis Magna becomes one of the empire’s great cities; birthplace of Emperor Septimius Severus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArab-Islamic conquest (643) — Islam and Arabic language take hold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOttoman rule (1551–1911) — Libya incorporated into the Ottoman Empire as the province of Tripolitania\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eItalian colonization (1911–1943) — brutal conquest; Omar Mukhtar leads 20-year resistance; executed 1931\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBritish and French administration (1943–1951)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKingdom of Libya (1951–1969) — first African country to gain independence via the UN; King Idris I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGaddafi’s coup (1969) — Colonel Muammar Gaddafi overthrows the monarchy; establishes the Libyan Arab Republic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRepublic \/ Jamahiriya (1969–2011) — this note issued during this period\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCivil war and NATO intervention (2011) — Gaddafi killed; state collapses into competing factions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDivided governance (2011–date) — two rival governments; ongoing conflict\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLibya Unfiltered\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLibya has more oil per capita than almost any country on earth. It also has two governments, neither of which fully controls the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeptis Magna — the Roman city on Libya’s coast — is one of the best-preserved ancient cities in the world. It is largely unexcavated. It sits in a war zone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGaddafi ruled for 42 years. He abolished money at one point, declared private trade illegal, and renamed the months of the calendar. February became “Lights.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLibya’s population is 90% urban — one of the highest rates in Africa — despite being 90% desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Great Man-Made River: Gaddafi built the largest irrigation pipeline in the world, pumping ancient fossil water from aquifers beneath the Sahara to coastal cities. It still runs. No one is sure how long the aquifers will last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOmar Mukhtar was 73 years old when the Italians captured and hanged him. He had been fighting them for 20 years. His last words, according to witnesses: \u003cem\u003eWe will not surrender. We win or we die.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFive Years Before the Human Catastrophe\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis note was issued in 1972, three years after Gaddafi’s coup and a decade before the worst of his excesses. Libya in 1972 was flush with oil money, building infrastructure, and projecting a kind of revolutionary optimism. The dinar was strong. The note was large, well-printed, and serious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePutting Omar Mukhtar on the 10 Dinar — the man who resisted Italian colonialism for two decades before being publicly executed — was Gaddafi’s way of writing his own origin story onto the currency. Resistance. Anti-imperialism. The new Libya as heir to the old defiance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Man on the Note\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Omar_Mukhtar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOmar Mukhtar\u003c\/a\u003e (c. 1858–1931) was a Quranic teacher who became the military commander of the Libyan resistance against Italian colonization. For 20 years he led guerrilla campaigns in the Jebel Akhdar mountains, surviving repeated Italian offensives. The Italians eventually captured him in 1931, tried him in a military court in four days, and hanged him publicly in front of 20,000 prisoners of war — a deliberate act of humiliation that backfired. He became a martyr across the Arab world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnthony Quinn played him in the 1981 film \u003cem\u003eLion of the Desert\u003c\/em\u003e. Gaddafi funded the production. The film was banned in Italy until 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePrinted by Bradbury Wilkinson\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bradbury_Wilkinson\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBradbury Wilkinson and Company\u003c\/a\u003e of New Malden, Surrey printed banknotes and stamps for governments worldwide from 1856 until the firm was absorbed into De La Rue in 1990. Their intaglio work is characterized by fine-line engraving and deep ink relief — the kind of printing you can feel with a fingertip. The blue-gray engraving on this note is a Bradbury Wilkinson production at its most restrained and authoritative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOwn This Document of Libya, Before and After\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a \u003cstrong\u003eUNC (Uncirculated)\u003c\/strong\u003e example of P-37b — the 1972 variety with the Quranic inscription, signed by Governor Kasem M. Sherlala. At this grade, the blue-gray engraving is sharp, the multicolor underprint is vivid, and the large format commands attention in any album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt ships in a protective sleeve. A note from the first years of a new currency, a new republic, and a revolution that hadn’t yet shown what it would become.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52002558411063,"sku":"LY37bXF","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/37b-XF-o.jpg?v=1776568468"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/collections\/57_151ffe64-9c70-4452-8533-f0c3edb3635d.png?v=1775186667","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/collections\/libya-banknotes-for-collectors-for-sale.oembed","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}