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The dinar (/ d ɪ ˈ n ɑː r /) is the name of the principal currency unit in several countries near the Mediterranean Sea, with a more widespread historical use. The English word "dinar" is the transliteration of the Arabic دينار ( dīnār ), which was borrowed via the Syriac dīnarā from the Latin dēnārius .
In 1992, a new series of coins was introduced consisting of 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dinars. A 200 dinar bi-metallic coin was issued in 2012 to commemorate Algeria's 50th anniversary of independence. [citation needed] The 10, 20, 50, 100, and 200 dinar coins are bimetallic. Coins in general circulation are 5 dinars and higher.
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Coinage became redundant. The 1993 dinar had the largest denomination out of all incarnations of Yugoslav currency: the banknote, featuring Jovan Jovanović Zmaj had a face value of 500 billion (5 × 10 11) dinara (right). Wages became worthless; if paid in cash, workers had to rush out and spend their wages before they lost their value overnight.
The weight of the dinar is 1 mithqal (4.25 grams or 0.137 troy ounces). The word dinar comes from the Latin word denarius, which was a silver coin. The name "dinar" is also used for Sasanid, Kushan, and Kidarite gold coins, though it is not known what the contemporary name was. The first dinars were issued by the Umayyad Caliphate. Under the ...
The Almoravid dinar (Arabic: الدينار المرابطي) was a gold dinar coin minted under the Almoravid dynasty in the Maghreb and Iberia . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The mints that produced them were supplied by the West African gold mines south of the Sahara desert.
The dinar (Serbian: динар, pronounced; paucal: dinara / динара; abbreviation: DIN and дин (); code: RSD) is the currency of Serbia.The dinar was first used in Serbia in medieval times, its earliest use dating back to 1214.