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1 Dinar
| Issuer | Bahrain Currency Board |
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| Year | 1964 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red on a pale guilloche underprint, with a central vignette of a traditional Arabian dhow under full sail positioned at left and the Bahraini coat of arms — a shield with alternating red and white serrated bands surmounted by a cartouche — at right. The issuer name in Arabic script appears at top, with the denomination in large Arabic numerals and text at centre. Serial numbers are placed at upper left and lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in red on a light guilloche underprint, with a central vignette of the Suq al-Khamis mosque ruins, its two standing minarets framing the remains of the prayer hall amid palm trees. The inscription 'BAHRAIN CURRENCY BOARD' runs across the top in English, with 'ONE DINAR' centred above the vignette and the numeral '1' at each outer corner. |
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The Bahrain Currency Board was established in 1964 specifically to replace the Indian rupee, which had circulated in Bahrain as official tender under a longstanding arrangement with the Persian Gulf states. When India devalued the rupee in June 1966, Bahrain's early exit from that system — this note was already in circulation — proved a significant economic buffer.
Thomas De La Rue printed the entire inaugural series. The 1 Dinar was the workhorse denomination and saw heavy use through the late 1960s before the Currency Board itself was dissolved and replaced by the Bahrain Monetary Agency in 1973.