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The fils (Arabic: فلس) is a subdivision of currency used in some Arab countries, such as Iraq and Bahrain. The term is a modern retranscription of fals, an early medieval Arab coin. "Fils" is the singular form in Arabic, not plural (as its final consonant might indicate to an English speaker).
Nations in red currently use the dirham. Nations in green use a currency with a subdivision named dirham. Silver dirham of Caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz 718–719 CE Silver dirham of Yazid II minted in 721–722 CE Silver dirham of Marwan II ibn Muhammad 749–745 CE Silver dirham of As-Saffah 754–758 CE Silver dirham of Al-Hadi minted in 786–787 CE in al-Haruniya Silver dirham of Al-Mu ...
The 1 fils coin is a rarity and does not circulate significantly. In making a change there is a risk of confusing the old 50 fils coin for the modern 1 dirham coin because the coins are almost the same size. Since 1976 the Currency Board of the United Arab Emirates has minted several commemorative coins celebrating different events and rulers ...
The name of the coin is derived from the follis, a Roman and later Byzantine copper coin. [1] As common with most Islamic coinage, the fals was aniconic and usually featured ornate Arabic script on both sides. Various copper fals were produced until the 19th century. Their weight varied, from one gram to ten grams or more.
The English word "dinar" is the transliteration of the Arabic دينار (dīnār), which was borrowed via the Syriac dīnarā from the Latin dēnārius. [1] [2] The modern gold dinar is a projected bullion gold coin, and as of 2019 is not issued as an official currency by any state.
These new coins which bore the name of 'dirham', established the style of the Arab-Sassanian predecessors at 25 to 28 mm in diameter. Their design is composed of Arabic inscriptions surrounded by circles and annulets. Umayyad gold dinar, minted 695 CE, obverse with image of Abd al-Malik
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In 1946 (AH 1365), many of the cupro-nickel coins were countermarked with the Arabic numerals 65 in what Krause and Mishler describe as "a move to break money changers' monopoly on small coins". Cupro-nickel 2 and 4 qirsh were introduced in 1957. In 1963, the halala was introduced, and bronze 1 halala coins were issued.