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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 United Arab Emirates Dirham (/ ˈ d ɪər (h) ə m /; [2] Arabic: درهم إماراتي, abbreviation: د.إ in Arabic, Dh (singular) and Dhs (plural) or DH in Latin; ISO code: AED is the official currency of the United Arab Emirates. The dirham is subdivided into 100 fils (فلس).
100: silver: 40 mm: 40 g.9250 - 1999: Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Islamic personality of the Year: n/a: gold: 40 mm: 40 g.9167 - 1999: Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Islamic personality of the Year: 50: silver: 40 mm: 40 g.9250 #42 1999: Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Islamic personality of the Year: 1: Cu/Ni: 24 mm: 6.4 g: n/a ...
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.
The Canadian dollar (symbol: $; code: CAD; French: dollar canadien) is the currency of Canada. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $. There is no standard disambiguating form, but the abbreviations Can$ , CA$ and C$ are frequently used for distinction from other dollar -denominated currencies (though C$ remains ambiguous with the Nicaraguan ...
The Moroccan dirham (Arabic: درهم, romanized: dirham, Moroccan Arabic: درهم, romanized: derhem; sign: DH; code: MAD) is the official monetary currency of Morocco. It is issued by the Bank Al-Maghrib, the central bank of Morocco. One Moroccan dirham is subdivided into 100 santimat (singular: santim; Arabic: سنتيم).
The word "dirham" (درهم) comes from drachma (δραχμή), the Greek coin. [2] "Dirham" is also the name of the currency in use in Morocco today. Idris I was the founder of the Idrisid dynasty. [3]
The Kuwaiti dinar (Arabic: دينار كويتي , code: KWD) is the currency of Kuwait.It is sub-divided into 1,000 fulūs. [2]As of 2023, the Kuwaiti dinar is the currency with the highest value per base unit, with KD 1 equalling US$3.26, [3] ahead of the Bahraini dinar with BD 1 equalling US$2.65 and Omani rial at US$2.60.