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Bahrain issues new note series

All of the new notes measure 154 x 74 mm and are presumably printed by De La Rue (based upon their inclusion of StarChrome security threads and an unique screen trap pattern on the back). All of the notes have the following security features: King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa as watermark with electrotype denomination, intaglio printing, windowed green-to-red StarChrome security thread with CBB repeating, gold iridescent stripe with denomination in Arabic and English, registration device, denomination as latent image, CENTRALBANKOFBAHRAIN microprinting, novel serial number fluoresces under UV light. Additionally, the 5-, 10-, and 20-dinar notes also include a hologram on the front.

In addition to the security features, the new banknotes also incorporate, for the first time, a feature to enable the visually-impaired to easily recognize the value of each note. The feature—which has erroneously been called braille by some media outlets—comprises a series of short, raised lines, which appear at the top right on the front face of the note. The BD1/2 has one line; BD1 has two lines and so on, up to BD20, with five lines.

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1/2 dinar (US$1.30), ٢٠٠٦ (2006). Issued March 17, 2008. Orange and brown. Old Bahrain Court on front, Bahrain International Circuit (motorsport facility) in Sakhir on back.

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1 dinar (US$2.65), ٢٠٠٦ (2006). Issued March 17, 2008. Red. Al Hedaya Al Khalifiya School (Bahrain’s first school) on front, Sail monument in Manama City and five galloping Arabian horses on back.

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5 dinars (US$13.25), ٢٠٠٦ (2006). Issued March 17, 2008. Blue. Shaikh Isa House in Muharraq and Riffa Fort on front, Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) smelter and the first oil well in Bahrain near Jebel Dukhan mountain on back.

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10 dinars (US$26.50), ٢٠٠٦ (2006). Issued March 17, 2008. Green. King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa on front, Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Causeway on back.

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20 dinars (US$53.05), ٢٠٠٦ (2006). Issued March 17, 2008. Brown and light blue. King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa on front, Al Fateh Islamic Center in Juffair on back.

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Bahrain to issue new series of notes

On September 6, 2006, King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa passed a law replacing the Bahrain Monetary Agency with a central bank assigned to issue bank notes and determine the monetary policy of the kingdom. On February 27, 2008, the Central Bank of Bahrain presented the king with samples from a new series of banknotes scheduled to enter circulation soon. “We are delighted to issue new banknotes that carry the picture of his majesty the king, and depict Bahrain’s historical monuments and comprehensive development of the prosperous era of his majesty,” said Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed al-Khalifa, Bahrain’s finance minister. No further details are available at this time.

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Six Arab states plan to issue unified currency in 2010

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), consisting of six Arab states — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates — plans to issue a unified currency in 2010.

More information can be found in this
Dar Al-Hayat article.

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Bahrain’s new central bank to issue new note series

On September 6, 2006, King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa passed a law replacing the Bahrain Monetary Agency with a central bank assigned to issue bank notes and determine the monetary policy of the kingdom. The Central Bank of Bahrain will continue the policies of the agency it replaces. “It’s business as usual, there will be no changes,” said Khaled Hamad, executive director of banking supervision.

Nonetheless, since the current series of notes (Pick 18 - 25) carry the name of the Bahrain Monetary Agency on the back, a revised series of notes will be released bearing the name of the new issuing authority. “We will be issuing new notes in the future, but the whole process takes time because we have to create a new design, get security and signatures,” said banking operations executive director Dr. Abdulrahman Saif. “Bahrain’s notes will remain legal tender until the Central Bank issues new ones and they won’t be withdrawn overnight. Even if we issue them, the current ones will be legal for some time.”

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