BAHRAINI DINAR

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 '.د.ب' (Arabic) or 'BD' (Latin). It is usually represented with three decimal places denoting the fils.

Contents

Coins

Banknotes

Fixed exchange rate

See also

References

External links

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
5 fils	5 fils	?? mm	?? g	??	Palm tree	Value	1965
10 fils	10 fils	?? mm	?? g	??	Palm tree	Value	1965
25 fils	25 fils	?? mm	?? g	??	Palm tree	Value	1965
50 fils	50 fils	?? mm	?? g	??	Palm tree	Value	1965
100 fils	100 fils	25 mm	?? g	??	Palm tree	Value	1965
10 fils	10 fils	21 mm	3.35 g	??	Palm tree	Value	1992
50 fils	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.

Banknotes

Banknotes in circulation are BD ½, BD 1, BD 5, BD 10, BD 20.

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.

See also

★ Gulf Rupee

★ Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

★ Economy of Bahrain

References

1. Exchange Rate Policy, Bahrain Monetary Agency

External links