Bahraini dinar
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| Bahraini dinar دينار بحريني (Arabic) |
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| ISO 4217 Code | BHD | ||||
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| User(s) | Bahrain | ||||
| Inflation | 3.5% | ||||
| Source | The World Factbook, 2006 est. | ||||
| Pegged with | U.S. dollar = BD 0.376 | ||||
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| 1/1000 | fils | ||||
| Symbol | ب.د (Arabic) or BD (Latin) | ||||
| Coins | 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500 fils | ||||
| Banknotes | BD ½, BD 1, BD 5, BD 10, BD 20 | ||||
| Monetary authority | Central Bank of Bahrain | ||||
| Website | www.cbb.gov.bh | ||||
The Bahraini dinar is the official currency of Bahrain. The ISO 4217 currency code is BHD. It is divided into 1000 fils. The name dinar derives from the Roman denarius. The dinar was introduced in 1965, replacing the Gulf Rupee at a rate of 10 rupees = 1 dinar.
The Bahraini Dinar is written ب.د (Arabic) or BD (Latin). It is usually represented with three decimal places denoting the fils.
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[edit] Coins
Coins currently in circulation are 5 fils, 10 fils, 25 fils, 50 fils, 100 fils, and 500 fils.
The denominations of the Bahraini dinar previously in circulation are:
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| Image | Value | Diameter | Weight | Composition | Obverse | Reverse | First Minted Year |
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5 fils | ?? mm | ?? g | ?? | Palm tree | Value | 1965 |
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10 fils | ?? mm | ?? g | ?? | Palm tree | Value | 1965 |
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25 fils | ?? mm | ?? g | ?? | Palm tree | Value | 1965 |
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50 fils | ?? mm | ?? g | ?? | Palm tree | Value | 1965 |
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100 fils | 25 mm | ?? g | ?? | Palm tree | Value | 1965 |
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10 fils | 21 mm | 3.35 g | ?? | Palm tree | Value | 1992 |
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50 fils | 22 mm | 3.5 g | ?? | Boat | Value | 2000 |
There was also a 'one fils' (singular of fils is fils itself) coin during the previous generation, but it has been phased out and the current generation of coins do not have a 'one fils' denomination.
[edit] Banknotes
Banknotes in circulation are BD ½, BD 1, BD 5, BD 10, BD 20.
[edit] Fixed exchange rate
In December 1980, the dinar was officially pegged to the IMF's Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). In practice, it is fixed at 1 U.S. dollar = BD .376, which translates to approximately 1 dinar = 2.65957 dollars[1]. This rate was made official in 2001. It is the third highest valued currency unit after the Kuwaiti dinar and Maltese lira.
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| Preceded by: Gulf rupee Ratio: 1 dinar = 10 rupees = 0.75 British pound |
Currency of Bahrain 1965 – |
Succeeded by: Current |
| Currency of Abu Dhabi 1966 – 1973 |
Succeeded by: United Arab Emirates dirham Ratio: 10 dirham = 1 dinar |
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| Circulating | Algerian dinar · Bahraini dinar · Iraqi dinar · Jordanian dinar · Kelantanese dinar (unofficial) · Kuwaiti dinar · Libyan dinar · Macedonian denar · Serbian dinar · Tunisian dinar |
| Obsolete | Abu Dhabi dinar · Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar · Croatian dinar · French denier · Krajina dinar · Portuguese dinheiro · Republika Srpska dinar · South Arabian dinar · South Yemeni dinar · Spanish dinero · Sudanese dinar · Yugoslav dinar |
| As subunit | Iranian rial |
| See also | Andorran diner · E-dinar · Islamic gold dinar · Swiss dinar |
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| South | Bangladeshi taka · Bhutanese ngultrum · Indian rupee · Maldivian rufiyaa · Nepalese rupee · Pakistani rupee · Sri Lankan rupee |
| West | Armenian dram · Azerbaijani manat · Bahraini dinar · Cypriot pound · Egyptian pound · Georgian lari · Iranian rial · Iraqi dinar · Israeli new sheqel · Jordanian dinar · Kuwaiti dinar · Lebanese lira · Omani rial · Qatari riyal · Saudi riyal · Syrian pound · Turkish new lira · UAE dirham · Yemeni rial |
