Dinar
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The Dinar is the name of the official currency in several countries. The Gold Dinar was a coin dating back to the early days of Islam, issued by many rulers, and the Islamic gold dinar is a modern revival of it as a coin or unit of account, separate from the currencies listed below. The word dinar (Arabic: دينار, Serbian: динар / dinar, Kabyle: dinar) is derived from the Greek (dinarion) (δίνω -dino) meaning "give".[1][2] The Denarius was a common Roman coin.
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[edit] Legal tender
[edit] 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 |
 Republic of Macedonia |
Macedonian denar | MKD |
 Serbia |
Serbian dinar | RSD |
 Tunisia |
Tunisian dinar | TND |
[edit] Countries and regions which have previously used the dinar
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.[3][4] 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
[edit] See also
- Kedahan dinar
- Kelantanese dinar
- Macedonian denar
- Yugoslav dinar
- Gold Dinar
- Economy of the OIC
- Denarius - Roman Empire currency
- Dollar
- Pound (currency)
- French denier
[edit] References
- ^ The Romance Languages By Martin Harris, Nigel Vincent http://books.google.com/books?id=lULWOT1o0SsC&pg=PA346&dq=dinarion&ei=133_SKWwLoTkygSEn_DUBg#PPA346,M1
- ^ http://translate.google.com/translate_t#auto|en|%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%BD%CF%89
- ^ British Museum
- ^ Medieval European Coinage By Philip Grierson p.330 [1]
- Krause, Chester L. and Clifford Mishler (2003). 2004 Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1901-Present. Colin R. Bruce II (senior editor) (31st ed. ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0873495934.
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