2016-03-16 Wed

To mark the 25th anniversary of the nation’s liberation following Operation Desert Storm, the Central Bank of Kuwait released a silver 5-dinar coin and a gold-plated silver 5-dinar coin on March 5th. Coalition forces led by the United States defeated Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War, after about six weeks of war.

The obverse of the coins includes the date of the anniversary in both Arabic and English, the inscription “The Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Liberation of the State of Kuwait” in Arabic, circular decorative assortments, the state’s official logo, a portrait of a Kuwait soldier giving the military salute and an image of a tank.

The reverse carries similar inscriptions in English, the bank logo, a portrait of a Kuwaiti boom (sailing boat), circular decorative assortments, and the symbolic value of 5 dinars.