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The full story on the Saddam 10,000 Dinar notes.


Iraq, 10,000 Dinars

Shortly before the fall of the Saddam regime a large denomination note of 10,000 Dinars was put into circulation. (Previously the largest value note had been 250 Dinars!) Following the overthrow of Saddam, quantities of these notes became available in the collectors' market. There was much speculation surrounding these notes because it was known that most were forgeries, or at least "unofficial issues", but it was very hard to determine which was genuine and which was not. It transpires that almost all of the notes are unofficial and the genuine notes are really quite scarce.

In the chaos following the invasion of the American, British and other forces, it seems that the original printing plates for these notes were stolen, as well as stocks of the genuine watermarked paper, and large quantities of unofficial notes began to flood the country. Because these notes were printed using the genuine plates and paper, there is little to tell them apart from the original, official issue.

The only real difference lies with the metallic strip which runs down the right hand side of the note. On the original notes this strip was affixed to the paper before the notes were printed, and therefore the red print at the top and bottom of the notes is visible on top of the foil. Conversely, when the unofficial notes were printed, the metallic strip was put on after the print process, thereby covering the print.

We have managed to obtain a supply of both the genuine and unofficial notes which we can offer either singly or as a pair. However, we only got 100 of the genuine notes which may not last long.
  • Pair of notes - genuine and unofficial £12.00 (US$21.60)

  • Single genuine note £9.00 (US$16.20)

  • Single unofficial note £4.00 (US$7.20)




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