As Confirmed by Sada: Central Bank Announces Its Decision to Withdraw Several “Old Issues” of Banknotes from Circulation

The Central Bank of Libya has announced that its Board of Directors has convened and issued decisions to withdraw several “old issues” of banknotes from circulation — confirming the exclusive report published by our source in recent days.

The decision takes effect starting June 17, 2025, with the final deadline for commercial banks and their branches to accept the withdrawn banknotes being the end of the working day on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.

The withdrawn issues include:

• The first and second issues of the 20-dinar banknotes
• The sixth, seventh, and revised seventh issues of the 5-dinar banknotes
• The sixth, seventh, and first issues of the 1-dinar banknotes