Iraq 1975 10 fils KM-142

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued by Iraq as part of the F.A.O. series. 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. A non-F.A.O. ten fils (KM 126a) was also issued for 1975. In 1975, Iraq was dominated by a military regime but Saddam Hussein had not yet taken over.

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000.

Specification: stainless steel, 26 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 141.

Source:

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

Link to:

• Iraq 1970 250 fils
• Iraq 1975 5 fils KM-141
• AH 1397/1977 dinar, Inauguration of Tharthat-Euphrates Canal
• AH 1402/1982 10 fils, restoration of Babel
• Coins and currency dated 1975
• return to coins of Iraq