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5 Dinars - Isa UNICEF
| Issuer | Bahrain |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse script | Arabic, Latin |
| Reverse lettering | دولة البحرين ١٩٩٨ · ٥ دينار من أجل أطفال العالمـ unicef · STATE OF BAHRAIN 1998 · 5 BD · (Translation: State of Bahrain 1998 5 Dinars For the children of the world UNICEF) |
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Issued to mark the 50th anniversary of UNICEF, this was part of a coordinated wave of commemorative silver struck by smaller Gulf states in the late 1990s — Bahrain among several that contracted with foreign minting houses to produce collector pieces with limited domestic circulation interest. The series was distributed largely through international numismatic channels rather than local banking networks.