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The dinar (Template:IPAc-en) is the name of the principal currency unit in several countries near the Mediterranean Sea, with a more widespread historical use. The English word "dinar" is the transliteration of the Arabic دينار (dīnār), which was borrowed via the Syriac dīnarā from the Latin dēnārius.<ref>Oxford English Dictionary, Second edition, 1989, s.v. "dinar"; online version November 2010</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The modern gold dinar is a projected bullion gold coin, and Template:As of is not issued as an official currency by any state.
HistoryEdit
The modern dinar's historical antecedents are the gold dinar and the silver dirham, the main coin of the medieval Islamic empires, first issued in AH 77 (696–697 AD) (Late Antiquity) by Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. The word "dinar" derives from the Latin word "dēnārius," a silver coin of 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The 8th century English king Offa of Mercia minted copies of Abbasid dinars struck in 774 by Caliph Al-Mansur with "Offa Rex" centred on the reverse.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Medieval European Coinage Template:Webarchive by Philip Grierson, p. 330.</ref> The moneyer likely had no understanding of Arabic as the Arabic text contains many errors. Such coins may have been produced for trade with Islamic Spain. These coins are called a Mancus, which is also derived from the Arabic language.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Legal tenderEdit
Countries with current usageEdit
Countries currently using a currency called "dinar" or similar:
| Countries | Currency | ISO 4217 code |
|---|---|---|
| Template:Flag | Algerian dinar | DZD |
| Template:Flag | Bahraini dinar | BHD |
| Template:Flag | Iraqi dinar | IQD |
| Template:Flag | Jordanian dinar | JOD |
| Template:Flag | Kuwaiti dinar | KWD |
| Template:Flag | Libyan dinar | LYD |
| Template:Flag | Macedonian denar | MKN (1992–1993) MKD (1993−present) |
| Template:Flag | Serbian dinar | RSD CSD (2003–2006) |
| Template:Flag | Tunisian dinar | TND |
As a subunitEdit
- Template:Frac of the Iranian rial
Countries with former usageEdit
Countries and regions which have previously used a currency called "dinar" in the 20th century:
| Countries | Currency | ISO 4217 code | Used | Replaced by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flag | Bahraini dinar | BHD | 1966–1973 | United Arab Emirates Dirham |
| Template:Flag | Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar | BAD | 1992–1998 | Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark |
| Template:Flag | Cornish Dynar | 900 – 1960: | GBP | |
| Template:Flag | Croatian dinar | HRD | 1991–1994 | Croatian kuna |
| Template:Flag | Iranian rial was divided into at first 1250 and then 100 dinars | |||
| Template:Flag | Yemeni dinar | YDD | 1965–1990 | Yemeni rial |
| Template:Flag | 1990–1996 | |||
| Template:Flag | Sudanese dinar | SDD | 1992–2007 | Sudanese pound |
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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 alsoEdit
- Economy of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
- Kelantanese dinar
- Islamic State dinar
- List of circulating currencies
- Middle East economic integration
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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