1 Dinar

The Bahrain Monetary Agency replaced the Bahrain Currency Board in 1973, giving the island state its first fully independent central monetary authority following the end of the British protectorate. This 1 Dinar belongs to the third series issued under the BMA, which ran through most of the 1990s before the Authority was itself dissolved and reconstituted as the Central Bank of Bahrain in 2006.

Thomas De La Rue's involvement with Bahraini currency dates back to the earliest post-independence issues — continuity of printer across multiple series is typical for Gulf states that prioritized security relationships over competitive tendering.