Bahraini dinar
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The dinar (Arabic: دينار بحريني Dīnār Baḥrēnī) (sign: .د.ب or BD; code: BHD) is the currency of Bahrain. It is divided into 1000 fils (فلس). The Bahraini dinar is abbreviated د.ب (Arabic) or BD (Latin). It is usually represented with three decimal places denoting the fils.
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دينار بحريني (Arabic) | |
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ISO 4217 | |
Code | BHD (numeric: 048) |
Subunit | 0.001 |
Unit | |
Symbol | .د.ب (Arabic) or BD (Latin) |
Denominations | |
Subunit | |
1⁄1000 | fils |
Banknotes | |
Freq. used | BD 1⁄2, BD 1, BD 5, BD 10, BD 20 |
Coins | |
Freq. used | 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 fils, BD 1⁄2 (500 fils) |
Demographics | |
User(s) | Bahrain Abu Dhabi (Formerly) |
Issuance | |
Monetary authority | Central Bank of Bahrain |
Website | www |
Valuation | |
Inflation | 1,4% |
Source | The World Factbook, 2017 est. |
Pegged with | U.S. dollar (USD) $1 USD = 0.376 BD |
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The name dinar derives from the Roman denarius.
As of December 2021, the Bahraini dinar is the second highest-valued currency unit, at 2.65 United States dollars per unit (the highest-valued unit is the Kuwaiti dinar at $3.32).