...Iraq - 1000 Dinars 2018 Commemorative 2018 Listing of World Heritage Sites of the Marshes and the monuments of southern Iraq

جمهورية العراق
Republic of Iraq

البنك المركزي العراقي
(Central Bank of Iraq)
Currency : Dinar (IQD)

 

This is a 1000 dinars commemorative note celebrating the Iraq marshlands named as UNESCO World Heritage site in 2016. The marshes, a wetland area, once known as the Ahwar of Southern Iraq, covered some 9,000 sq km in southern Iraq before it was drained by the previous Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Following the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, the marshes managed to recover but to their original size. In 2015, the marshes managed to restore to about 60% of their original size. The problem that prevented this recovery was due to upstream dam construction by both Turkey and Syria and also drought in the region. The water for the marshes are fed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The marshes are also an important place to wildlife as it provides a resting place for thousands of wildfowl migrating between Siberia and Africa every year.

 

This note is dated 2018, and the design of this commemorative note is basically the same as the last 1000 dinar series except that the design of the 1000 dinars has been altered in the middle with the commemorative slogan of "the inclusion of marshes and the monuments of southern Iraq on the list of world heritage 2016" in Arabic in a circular shape surrounding a stylised sun and also an image of a person and a boat presumably floating in the marshes. This replaced the gold dinar coin design in the center of the note as those issued previously. The rest of the designs are the same. Other changes to the notes are the writing of the Bank's Governor's name instead of signing and also the modification of the Hijri and Gregorian dates (1440 H - 2018 AD). The changes are only on the front of the 1000 dinars note. It appears there are no changes on the reverse side.

 

Signature

Governor - Ali Mohsen Ismail Al-Alaq

 

One Thousand Dinars

Dated 2018, stylish sun, man floating on a boat in the marches, Commemorative Note

al-Mustansiriyah school in Baghdad