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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.
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).
In 1965, coins were introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 fils. The 1, 5 and 10 fils were struck in bronze, with the others in cupro-nickel. The 1 fils coin was not produced after 1966 and no longer circulates. A bimetallic 100 fils coin was introduced in October 1992. [2] In 1992, brass replaced bronze in the 5 and 10 fils.
The modern dinar's historical antecedents are the gold dinar and the silver dirham, the main coin of the medieval Islamic empires, first issued in AH 77 (696–697 AD) (Late Antiquity) by Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. The word "dinar" derives from the Latin word "dēnārius," a silver coin of ancient Rome, which was first minted about c. 211 BC.
Goldline, LLC was a retail seller of gold and silver coins, and other precious metals for investors and collectors. [1] Goldline traced its formation to a Deak & Co. subsidiary created in 1960, a firm that in the late 1970s was the largest storefront gold retailer and later went into bankruptcy in the 1980s.
Kuwait Financial Centre (K.P.S.C), a.k.a. “Markaz”, is an asset management and investment banking institution in the Middle East and North Africa (M.E.N.A.) region, based in Kuwait. As of December 31st, 2023, it has total assets under management of over KWD 1.21 billion (Kuwaiti Dinar), [ 1 ] which equates to about USD 3.93 billion.
From 17 October 2008 a single digit prefix was added to all fixed and mobile numbers as per the Ministry of Communication's new numbering plan: Number 1 was added before all commercial 6 digit numbers (e.g. 800000, 899999, etc.) Number 2 was added before all landline numbers; Number 41 was allocated for Virgin Mobile numbers (year 2022)
Printed on the front of the blue paper insert is the coin's type, denomination, grade, attribution, pedigree (if any), serial number, Universal Product Code (UPC), and other pertinent information. [11] [12] First-generation PCGS coin holders are smaller and lack the raised stackable edges of later issues. Their insert was printed on plain white ...