Bahrain
Bahrain scans needed for catalog
Nov 19, 2008 05:43 PM Category:
Middle East
I am working on a new catalog of world
notes and I need all the help I can get. If you have any of the
notes listed below, please email 300-dpi, 100% actual size, 24-bit
color scans of the front and back of these notes, saved as
uncompressed JPEG, BMP, or TIFF. Please download and follow these detailed scanning
instructions.
I am looking for 300-dpi images of the following banknote of Bahrain:
Pick 18a
Pick 1-24 specimens (excluding Franklin Mint CS1)
In addition to front and back scans, please submit the dimensions of the notes in millimeters.
As a contributor, you will receive the satisfaction of taking part in creating something of excellence, your note will be immortalized as the plate note for the catalog, plus your name will appear in the Acknowledgements along with your email address or URL, if you wish.
Thanks in advance for everyone's cooperation!
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I am looking for 300-dpi images of the following banknote of Bahrain:
Pick 18a
Pick 1-24 specimens (excluding Franklin Mint CS1)
In addition to front and back scans, please submit the dimensions of the notes in millimeters.
As a contributor, you will receive the satisfaction of taking part in creating something of excellence, your note will be immortalized as the plate note for the catalog, plus your name will appear in the Acknowledgements along with your email address or URL, if you wish.
Thanks in advance for everyone's cooperation!
© 2008: Neither information nor images from this site may be reproduced without permission from owen [AT] banknotenews [DOT] com.
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Bahrain issues new note series
Mar 15, 2008 10:39 AM Category:
Middle East
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bahrain to issue new series of notes
Feb 27, 2008 12:01 PM Category:
Middle East
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
Oct 24, 2006 10:34 AM Category:
Middle East
Bahrain’s new central bank to issue new note series
Sep 06, 2006 10:53 AM Category:
Middle East
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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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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