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| Issuer | Islamic State of Iraq and Syria |
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| Year | 1436 (2015) |
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| Composition | Gold (.875) |
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| Obverse lettering | ١ ١٤٣٦ |
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| Reverse lettering | الدولة الإسلامية عيار ٢١ دينار واحد ٤,٢٥ جرام خلافة على منهاج النبوة |
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| Additional information |
ISIS announced its gold dinar in 2014 as part of a declared return to an early Islamic monetary system, explicitly rejecting what it called the "satanic" global financial order. The coins were introduced with a propaganda video in 2015 and were intended for actual circulation within controlled territory in Syria and Iraq — not as collectibles.
Whether these circulated meaningfully is disputed. Most examples that have surfaced in Western markets are believed to have left ISIS-held territory through smuggling networks, making provenance both murky and legally complex in many jurisdictions.