Bahraini dinar

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Image:OneBahrainiDinar.jpg	Image:100BahrainFils.jpg
1 dinar	100 fils

ISO 4217 Code BHD

User(s) Bahrain

Inflation 2.7%

Source The World Factbook, 2005 est.

Pegged with U.S. dollar = BD 0.376

Subunit

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.

1 Coins
2 Banknotes
3 Fixed exchange rate
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[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:

Circulating Coins
Image	Value	Diameter	Weight	Composition	Obverse	Reverse	First Minted Year
Image:Bah 5fils 1965.gif	5 fils	?? mm	?? g	??	Palm tree	Value	1965
Image:Bah 10fils 1965.gif	10 fils	?? mm	?? g	??	Palm tree	Value	1965
Image:Bah 25fils 1965.gif	25 fils	?? mm	?? g	??	Palm tree	Value	1965
Image:Bah 50fils 1965.gif	50 fils	?? mm	?? g	??	Palm tree	Value	1965
Image:Bah 100fils 1965.gif	100 fils	25 mm	?? g	??	Palm tree	Value	1965
Image:Bah 10fils 1992.gif	10 fils	21 mm	3.35 g	??	Palm tree	Value	1992
Image:Bah 50fils 2000.gif	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<ref>Exchange Rate Policy, Bahrain Monetary Agency</ref>. This rate was made official in 2001. It is the third highest valued currency unit after the Kuwaiti dinar and Maltese lira.

Current BHD exchange rates

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[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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

Dinars
Current	Algerian dinar \| Bahraini dinar \| Islamic gold dinar \| Iraqi dinar \| Jordanian dinar \| Kuwaiti dinar \| Libyan dinar \| Macedonian denar \| Tunisian dinar \| Serbian dinar \| Sudanese dinar
Defunct	Abu Dhabi dinar \| Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar \| Croatian dinar \| Krajina dinar \| Republika Srpska dinar \| South Arabian dinar \| South Yemeni dinar \| Yugoslav dinar
As subunit	Iranian rial
See also	E-dinar
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