Kuwaiti dinar

[6] After liberation, the Kuwaiti dinar was restored as the country's currency and a new banknote series was introduced, allowing the previous notes, including those stolen, to be demonetized.

On the obverse is a boom ship, with year of minting in both Islamic and Common Era in Arabic.

As a result of the state of emergency after the Invasion of Kuwait, this series was ruled invalid with effect from 30 September 1991.

Significant quantities of these notes were stolen by Iraqi forces and some had appeared on the international numismatic market.

Pick, Krause Publications) lists notes with the following serial number prefix denominators as being among those stolen: After the liberation, a fourth series was issued on 24 March 1991 with the aims of replacing the previous withdrawn series as quickly as possible and guaranteeing the country's swift economic recovery.

Central Bank of Kuwait brought the sixth series of Kuwaiti banknotes into circulation on 29 June 2014.

[8] In both 1993 and 2001, the Central Bank of Kuwait issued commemorative KD 1 polymer banknotes to celebrate its Liberation from Iraq.

[11] The second commemorative note, dated 26 February 2001, was issued to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its Liberation.

One feature from the note is an optically variable device (OVD) patch that shows a fingerprint, a reference to the victims of the invasion and occupation of Kuwait.

Average exchange rate of Kuwaiti dinar against US dollar (fils)