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1 Dinar
| Issuer | Kelantan |
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| Year | 1427 (2006) |
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| Weight | 4.25 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a large stylized Jawi (Arab Melayu) monogram reading 'Dinar Kelantan', rendered in bold calligraphic script. Below the monogram, the weight '٤,٢٥ كْرم' (4.25 gram) and the Hijri date '١٤٢٧' (1427) are inscribed. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Kelantan's gold dinar was revived under the state government of Nik Abdul Aziz as a deliberate challenge to Malaysia's federal monetary framework, rooted in the Islamic economic philosophy of returning to commodity-backed exchange. The Malaysian federal government was quick to clarify that the coins held no legal tender status nationally, leaving them in a peculiar position: ceremonially significant, theologically motivated, and commercially marginal.
The revival drew directly on the classical Islamic dinar weight standard codified by the Maliki jurist Ibn Rushd, not the Mughal or Ottoman variants.