Evidence coverage: 1952–1952. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Libya’s Currency Law expressly converts existing Cyrenaican Egyptian-pound obligations into Libyan pounds; the 11 March 1952 announcement supplies 97.5 Egyptian piastres per Libyan pound. Regional limitation remains: this is the Cyrenaica predecessor, with separate Tripolitania and Fezzan parents.
Sources and qualifications →Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
The central bank traces its national currency to the pound first issued in early 1952, preceding the dinar name.
C521Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
The central bank traces its national currency to the pound first issued in early 1952, preceding the dinar name.
Egyptian pound → Libyan pound, Cyrenaica, 1952.
LYD entry, currency history; Bundesbank PDF, 24 September 2025 edition.
Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.
Only selected country milestones used.
LYD entry, currency history; Bundesbank PDF, 24 September 2025 edition.
Libya’s Currency Law expressly converts existing Cyrenaican Egyptian-pound obligations into Libyan pounds; the 11 March 1952 announcement supplies 97.5 Egyptian piastres per Libyan pound.
Articles 10–13; Operative conversion rates under Currency Law sections 12,13,24
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full Arabic primary-law transcription inspected.
Articles 10–13; Operative conversion rates under Currency Law sections 12,13,24
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Tripolitanian obligations in Military Authority lira were converted into Libyan pounds at 480:1 under Currency Law article 12.
Articles 10–13
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full Arabic primary-law transcription inspected.
Fezzan obligations in Algerian francs were converted into Libyan pounds; the March 1952 announcement sets 980 Algerian francs per Libyan pound.
Articles 10–13; Operative conversion rates under Currency Law sections 12,13,24
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full Arabic primary-law transcription inspected.
Articles 10–13; Operative conversion rates under Currency Law sections 12,13,24
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.