Iraq sits at the cradle of coinage itself — Mesopotamian merchants were weighing silver long before the first struck coin existed. The Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad produced some of the medieval world's finest gold dinars, prized for their pure Kufic calligraphy.
Under the Hashemite Kingdom (1921–1958), Iraq struck its first national series at the Royal Mint, London. Portraits of Faisal I, Ghazi, and Faisal II make these coins unusually personal for Arab coinage of the era. The Republic introduced the palm tree and eagle of Saladin.
Iraq sits at the cradle of coinage itself — Mesopotamian merchants were weighing silver long before the first struck coin existed. The Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad produced some of the medieval world's finest gold dinars, prized for their pure Kufic calligraphy.
Under the Hashemite Kingdom (1921–1958), Iraq struck its first national series at the Royal Mint, London. Portraits of Faisal I, Ghazi, and Faisal II make these coins unusually personal for Arab coinage of the era. The Republic introduced the palm tree and eagle of Saladin.