Iraq

Mandate of Iraq (1920-1932), Kingdom of Iraq (1932-1958), Iraqi Republic (1958-1992), Republic of Iraq (1992-present)

British Mandate (1920-1932), Independent Country (1932-present)

Location: Middle East

Capital City: Baghdad

Government type: League of Nations Mandate (1920-1932), Constitutional Monarchy (1932-1958), Constituent State of Arab Federation (1958), Republic under a military junta (1958-1968), Ba'athist Republic (1968-2003), Military Administration (2003-2004), Republic (2004-present)

Main languages: Arabic, Kurdish

Main religions: Shia Islam, Sunni Islam

Chronology

1920: Mandate of Iraq organized by the League of Nations out of former Ottoman territory and placed under British administration

1921: Faisal I, former king of Syria, accepts the Iraqi throne

1932: Independence from Britain

1941-1947: British occupation

1958: Short lived federation with Jordan, dissolved shortly after military coup overthrows Iraqi king

1968: Ba'athists seize control

2003-2004: Ba'athist regime deposed, provisional government under American/British/Polish occupation

2004: Republic of Iraq reconstituted

Currency

Dinar (1931-present)

1 Dinar = 5 Riyals = 20 Dirhams = 1000 Fils

Coins from Iraq in the collection

Mandate (1920-1932)

•1 Fils, 1931 (King Faisal I (1921-1933), bronze, London mint, KM#95)

•2 Fils, 1931 (King Faisal I (1921-1933), bronze, London mint, KM#96)

•4 Fils, 1931 (King Faisal I (1921-1933), nickel, London mint, KM#97)

•50 Fils, 1931 (King Faisal I (1921-1933), silver (.500), London mint, KM#100)

Kingdom (1932-1958)

•1 Fils, 1936 (King Ghazi I (1933-1939), bronze, London mint, KM#102)

•2 Fils, 1933 (King Faisal I (1921-1933), bronze, London mint, KM#96)

•4 Fils, 1938 (King Ghazi I (1933-1939), nickel, London mint, KM#105)

•10 Fils, 1938 (King Ghazi I (1933-1939), nickel, London mint, KM#103)

•20 Fils, 1938 (King Ghazi I (1933-1939), silver (.500), Bombay mint, KM#106)

First Republic (1958-1968)

•1 Fils, 1959 (bronze, London mint, KM#119)

•25 Fils, 1959 (silver (.500), London mint, KM#122)

•100 Fils, 1959 (silver (.500), London mint, KM#124)

Ba'athist Republic (1968-2003)

•5 Fils, 1975 (stainless steel, Llantrisant mint, KM#125a)

•250 Fils, 1981 (cupronickel, Winnipeg mint, KM#147)

•1 Dinar, 1973 (silver (.500), Llantrisant mint, KM#140) Commemorative: Nationalization of the oil industry

Third Republic (2004-present)

•25 Dinar, 2004 (copper-plated steel, KM#175)

•50 Dinar, 2004 (brass-plated steel, KM#176)

•100 Dinar, 2004 (stainless steel, KM#177)

Banknotes from Iraq in the collection

Ba'athist Republic (1968-2003)

•1/4 Dinar, 1993 (P#77)

•5 Dinar, 1992 (P#80)

•25 Dinar, 1986 (P#73)

•250 Dinar, 1995 (P#85)

•250 Dinar, 2002 (P#88)

Military Administration (2003-2004)

•50 Dinar, 2003 (P#90)

•1,000 Dinar, 2003 (P#93)

Third Republic (2004-present)

•5,000 Dinar, 2010 (P#94)