Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
20 Dinars
| Issuer | Bahrain Monetary Agency |
|---|---|
| Year | 1973 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 20 Dinars |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | At left, an intaglio vignette of a large modern government building rendered in red-brown. The centre is occupied by a large multicolour guilloche rosette bearing the numeral '20', flanked by intricate Celtic-style interlaced border panels in green and purple. At right, a hexagonal open-frame panel surrounds the watermark area, with the denomination numeral '20' appearing in each corner. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Bahrain's 1973 issue marked the first independent currency series following the dinar's formal decoupling from the Indian rupee system that had served the Gulf states through the colonial period. The Bahrain Monetary Agency, established only in 1973 itself, issued this series essentially at its own founding — the institution and its banknotes came into existence simultaneously.
Thomas De La Rue produced the entire 1973 series, a standard arrangement for newly independent Gulf states at the time. The 20 dinar denomination was the highest value in this first BMA issue, and high-denomination notes from this series disappeared from circulation quickly once later series arrived.