Catalog
5 Dinars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Bahrain |
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| Year | 2016-2022 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Reverse description | Vignette of the first oil well in Bahrain at left, with the Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA) smelter plant occupying the central field. The numeral 5 appears at the upper left corner, with denomination and issuing authority inscriptions in both Arabic and English. |
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| Protection description | Watermark portrait of His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain; embedded security thread. |
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| Comments |
Bahrain's Central Bank replaced the Monetary Agency branding in 2006 following a legislative restructuring, and the note series that followed — including this denomination — reflects a deliberate effort to align the country's currency identity with Gulf Cooperation Council norms while maintaining distinct national iconography. The 5 Dinar denomination sits in the middle of a six-note series that has remained structurally stable through two decades of incremental security upgrades.
Pick 32 represents the 2016 revision of an earlier design, updated primarily to incorporate enhanced thread specifications rather than a full redesign. The cotton substrate is standard for the series; no documented paper or print anomalies are associated with this issue.