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10 Dinars - Isa Hamad Town
| Issuer | Bahrain Monetary Agency |
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| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Central device comprises the crowned coat of arms of Bahrain set within an octagonal frame, surrounded by bilingual inscriptions in Arabic and English identifying the commemorated town and the issuing state. The dates of the occasion are given in both the Hijri and Gregorian calendars. No denomination appears on the reverse. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued by the Bahrain Monetary Agency to mark the inauguration of Isa Town, the planned settlement built south of Manama to relieve the capital's housing pressure during Bahrain's oil-boom expansion of the 1960s and 70s. The town was named for Emir Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, who ruled from 1961 until his death in 1999.
The .917 fineness — crown gold standard — places this squarely in the Gulf commemorative tradition of the period, where collector-focused gold issues were struck to exacting jewelry-grade standards rather than monetary ones. Fr#5 suggests a small series; surviving populations in any condition remain modest.