Dinar
former Yugoslavia
appear in the inset to the lower left.The dinar (
The modern gold dinar is a projected bullion gold coin, and as of 2019[update] is not issued as an official currency by any state.
History
The modern dinar's historical antecedents are the
ancient Rome
, which was first minted about c. 211 BC.
The Kushan Empire introduced a gold coin known as the dīnāra in India in the 1st century AD; the Gupta Empire and its successors up to the 6th century adopted the coin.[3][4]
The 8th century English king
Arabic language.[citation needed
]
Legal tender
Countries with current usage
Countries currently using a currency called "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 |
 North Macedonia
|
Macedonian denar | MKN (1992–1993) MKD (1993−present) |
 Serbia
|
Serbian dinar | RSD CSD (2003–2006) |
 Tunisia
|
Tunisian dinar | TND |
As a subunit
- 1⁄100 of the Iranian rial
Countries with former usage
Countries and regions which have previously used a currency called "dinar" in the 20th century:
| Countries | Currency | ISO 4217 code | Used | Replaced by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Abu Dhabi |
Bahraini dinar | BHD | 1966–1973 | United Arab Emirates Dirham
|
 Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar | BAD | 1992–1998 | Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark |
 Croatia |
Croatian dinar | HRD | 1991–1994 | Croatian kuna |
 Iran |
Iranian rial was divided into at first 1250 and then 100 dinars | |||
 South Yemen |
South Yemeni dinar | YDD | 1965–1990 | Yemeni rial |
 Sudan |
Sudanese dinar | SDD | 1992–2007 | Sudanese pound |
 FR Yugoslavia |
Yugoslav dinar | YUF (1945–1965) YUD (1965–1989) YUN (1990–1992) YUR (1992–1993) YUO (1993) YUG (1994) YUM (1994–2003) |
1918–2003 | Serbian dinar |
See also
- Economy of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
- Kelantanese dinar
- Islamic State dinar
- List of circulating currencies
- Middle East economic integration
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, Second edition, 1989, s.v. "dinar"; online version November 2010
- ISBN 978-0-7486-1436-3.
- ISBN 978-0-87184-308-1.
- ISBN 978-81-208-0440-1.
- ^ "Coin | British Museum".
- ^ Medieval European Coinage Archived 2023-08-12 at the Wayback Machine by Philip Grierson, p. 330.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dinar.
Look up dinero in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Krause, Chester L.; Clifford Mishler (2003). 2004 ISBN 0873495934.
- Malaysia: Kelantan collects Zakat in Shariah money
