Dinar

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Dinar

Nations in dark green currently use the dinar. Nations in light green previously used the dinar. Yugoslavian states are inset to the lower left.

The dinar is the official currency of several countries.

The history of the dinar dates to the gold dinar, an early Islamic coin corresponding to the Byzantine denarius auri. The gold dinar has been revived as a bullion gold coin called the Islamic gold dinar.

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Etymology

The word 'dinar' in English is borrowed from the Arabic dīnār, which in turn was borrowed from Greek δηνάριον, itself from Latin dēnārius (q.v.).

Legal tender

5 Tunisian dinars.
100 Serbian dinars bearing the likeness of Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla.

Countries currently using the dinar or similar

Countries Currency ISO 4217 code
 Algeria Algerian dinar DZD
 Bahrain Bahraini dinar BHD
 Iraq Iraqi dinar IQD
 Jordan Jordanian dinar JOD
 Kuwait Kuwaiti dinar KWD
 Libya Libyan dinar LYD
 Macedonia Macedonian denar MKD
 Malaysia Kelantanese dinar MYD
 Serbia Serbian dinar RSD
 Tunisia Tunisian dinar TND

Countries and regions which have previously used the dinar

A mancus or gold dinar of the English king Offa of Mercia (757–796), a copy of the dinars of the Abbasid Caliphate (774). It combines the Latin legend OFFA REX with Arabic legends. (British Museum)

The 8th century English king Offa of Mercia minted copies of Abbasid dinars struck in 774 by Caliph Al-Mansur with "Offa Rex" centered on the reverse. The moneyer visibly had no understanding of Arabic as the Arabic text contains many errors. Such coins may have been produced in order to trade with Islamic Spain.

  • Abu Dhabi: the Abu Dhabi dinar or Bahraini dinar which were used from 1966 to 1973
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: the Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar
  • Croatia: the Croatian dinar
  • Iran: the Iranian rial was divided into 100 dinars
  • Republic of Serbian Krajina: the Krajina dinar
  • Republika Srpska: the Republika Srpska dinar
  • South Yemen: the South Yemeni dinar
  • Sudan: the Sudanese dinar
  • Yugoslavia: the Yugoslav dinar

See also

  • Kelantanese dinar
  • Economy of the OIC
  • Dollar
  • Pound (currency)
  • French denier
  • Andorran diner

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, Second edition, 1989, s.v. dinar; online version November 2010
  2. ^ British Museum
  3. ^ Medieval European Coinage By Philip Grierson p.330 [1]
Currencies named dinar or similar
Circulating
Algerian dinar (دينار) · Bahraini dinar (دينار) · Iraqi dinar (دينار) · Jordanian dinar (دينار) · Kelantanese dinar (unofficial) · Kuwaiti dinar (دينار) · Libyan dinar (دينار) · Macedonian denar (денар) · Serbian dinar (динар) · Tunisian dinar (دينار)
Obsolete
Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar · Croatian dinar · French denier · Iraqi "Swiss" dinar · Krajina dinar (динар) · Medieval Muslim gold dinar · Portuguese dinheiro · Republika Srpska dinar (динар) · South Yemeni dinar (دينار) · Spanish dinero · Sudanese dinar (دينار) · Yugoslav dinar (динар)
As subunit
Iranian qiran (قران) · Iranian rial (ریال)
See also
Andorran diner (commemorative) · denarius · Islamic gold dinar
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