Item description:  Kingdom Of Iraq 1/2 Dinar  1955 (L1947)  P# 43 King Faisal II Banknote

Grade: UNC RARE

Obverse

King Faisal II as an adolescent at right

Reverse

Ruins of mosque and spiral minaret at Samarra

Lettering:

CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ
1/2 DINAR

Watermark

King's head as a youth

Printer

Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)

Faisal II was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was killed during the 14 July Revolution. This regicide marked the end of the thirty-seven-year-old Hashemite monarchy in Iraq, which then became a republic