Iraq 1970 25 fils

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck 1969-81. All dates are common. The date palm obverse appears on five, ten, twenty-five, fifty and hundred fils coins of the 1967-1990 period. Iraq, long a part of the Ottoman Empire, was seized by the British at the end of World War One but then granted independence under a local monarchy which ruled until 1958. In 1970, Iraq was dominated by a military regime but Saddam Hussein had not yet taken over.

Recorded mintage: 6,000,000.

Specification: 2.8 g, copper-nickel, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 127.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• Iraq 1955 100 fils
• Iraq 1970 250 fils
• 1972 25 fils
• Coins and currency dated 1970
• return to coins of Iraq