Currency history
Bahraini dinar
Bahraini dinar: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- BHD
- Ancestry branch
- Indian rupee
Its place in the family
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The story
The central bank dates the first Bahraini dinar issue to 1965. [1]
Abu Dhabi converted Bahraini dinars into ten UAE dirhams each. Territorial adoption, not replacement of Bahrain’s currency in Bahrain. [2]
Turning points
Territorial currency replacement
Ten Gulf rupees converted to one Bahraini dinar. [3]
Sources and evidence
- Central Bank of Bahrain · Annual Report 2016 C552 ↗
- Central Bank of the UAE · Our History; Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 C974 ↗
- Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 C969 ↗
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“Bahraini dinar.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v43. https://family-tree-money-atlas.bob123444.chatgpt.site/currency/FTM000300.html