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1 Dinar
| Uitgever | Bahrain Monetary Agency |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1973 |
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| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | 148 × 68 mm |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Vignette of the modern Bahrain Monetary Agency headquarters building at left, rendered in red intaglio against a pink and cream guilloche underprint. A large central rosette encloses the numeral '1', flanked by an ornate geometric panel at right, with the authority name and denomination inscribed above and below in English. |
| Opschrift keerzijde | BAHRAIN MONETARY AGENCY ONE DINAR |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Bahrain Monetary Agency replaced the Bahrain Currency Board in 1973, and this note belongs to the first series issued under that new authority — a deliberate signal that Bahrain was building independent financial infrastructure rather than relying on the residual apparatus of the Gulf rupee era, which had only formally ended in 1965. De La Rue's involvement was typical for newly sovereign Gulf states at the time; London-printed currency carried a credibility that mattered to international trading partners.
The series is known for ink susceptibility to humidity, a persistent problem in the Gulf. Heavily circulated examples frequently show surface wear concentrated along the horizontal fold lines.