Catalog
100 Fils
| Issuer | Bahrain Currency Board |
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| Year | 1964 |
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| Value | 100 Fils (0.100 BHD) |
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| Obverse description | Brown and salmon underprint with green tints; the central vignette presents a large traditional dhow under sail alongside a smaller harbour vessel, rendered in fine intaglio line work. The Bahraini coat of arms appears at right, with Arabic inscriptions for the issuing authority and denomination arranged across the upper and lower registers. The date 1964/6 is inscribed in Arabic numerals near the upper centre, with a printed signature below the central vignette. |
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| Reverse description | Orange and green print; the central vignette presents a landscape vignette of rolling hills with two tall date palms in the foreground and a dhow under sail in the distant right background, executed in fine intaglio engraving. Guilloche borders frame the design on all sides, with the denomination numeral "100" printed in each lower corner. The issuing authority name and denomination in English run along the upper and lower borders respectively. |
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The Bahrain Currency Board was established in 1964 specifically to replace the Gulf rupee, which had circulated across the Persian Gulf states as an adjunct of the Indian monetary system. India's foreign exchange crisis in the early 1960s — and the rupee's subsequent devaluation risk — pushed several Gulf administrations toward independent currencies, and Bahrain moved first among them.
Thomas De La Rue produced the entire inaugural series, and P#1 sits at the lowest denomination of that founding issue. The 100 Fils represented one tenth of a dinar, a decimal structure that held through successive issuing authorities.