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The fils coins were the same size and composition as the corresponding Qatar and Dubai dirham coins. In 1995, the 5 fils, 10 fils, 50 fils, and 1 dirham coins were reduced in size, with the new 50 fils being curve-equilateral-heptagonal shaped. The value and numbers on the coins are written in Eastern Arabic numerals and the text is in Arabic ...
The dirham was a unit of mass used across North Africa, the Middle East, Persia and Ifat; later known as Adal, with varying values. The value of Islamic dirham was 14 qirat. 10 dirham equals 7 mithqal (2.975 gm of silver). In the late Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkish: درهم), the standard dirham was 3.207 g; [1] 400 dirhem equal one oka.
Reverse: Face-value and country name. 8,312,000 coins minted in 1965 1 Bahraini dinar = 1000 fulūs ... 1 Emirati dirham = 100 fulus; 1 Iraqi dinar = 1000 fulūs;
In 1966, coins were introduced in the name of Qatar and Dubai for 1, 5, 10, 25, and 50 dirhams. In 1973, a new series of coins was introduced in the same sizes and compositions as the earlier pieces but in the name of Qatar only. Only 25 and 50 dirham coins are now circulated, although smaller coins remain legal tender. [citation needed]
The value of the dirham remained steady thereafter and rose to 16 to the dinar in 1044/5, despite the fact that silver content had dropped to 50% under al-Zahir (r. 1021–1036 ) and al-Mustansir, but five years later a new even more debased dirham with just one-third silver content came into circulation, which collapsed its valuation to 35 to ...
Currently, there are only about 150 to 200 of these coins left. Its original worth was $1, but it’s now valued at $7,750,000. 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. Originally, ...
The most valuable blank coin listed on the U.S. Coins Guide site is a 90% silver dollar without a raised rim valued at $1,600 or more. The same type of silver dollar with a raised rim is valued at ...
Gold dinar of Abd al-Malik, AH 75, Umayyad Caliphate.. According to Islamic law, the Islamic dinar is a coin of pure gold weighing 72 grains of average barley. [citation needed] Modern determinations of weight for the "full solidus" weigh 4.44 grams at the time of Heraclius and a "light solidus" equivalent to the weight of the mithqal weighing 4.25 grams, with the silver Dirham being created ...