Dinar

This article is about the currency. For the city in Iran, see Dinar, Iran.

Nations in dark green currently use the dinar. Nations in light green previously used the dinar. Yugoslavian states are inset to the lower left.

The dinar is the official currency of several countries.

The history of the dinar dates to the gold dinar, an early Islamic coin corresponding to the Byzantine denarius auri. The gold dinar has been revived as a bullion gold coin called the Islamic gold dinar.

Etymology

Serbian silver Dinar during reign of Stephen Uroš I of Serbia in 13th century

The word 'dinar' in English is borrowed from the Arabic dīnār, which in turn was borrowed from Greek δηνάριον, itself from Latin dēnārius (q.v.).^[1]

Legal tender

5 Tunisian dinars.

100 Serbian dinars bearing the likeness of Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla.

Countries currently using the dinar or similar

Countries	Currency	ISO 4217 code
Algeria	Algerian dinar	DZD
Bahrain	Bahraini dinar	BHD
Iraq	Iraqi dinar	IQD
Jordan	Jordanian dinar	JOD
Kuwait	Kuwaiti dinar	KWD
Libya	Libyan dinar	LYD
Macedonia	Macedonian denar	MKD
Malaysia	Kelantanese dinar	MYD
Serbia	Serbian dinar	RSD
Tunisia	Tunisian dinar	TND

Countries and regions which have previously used the dinar

A mancus or gold dinar of the English king Offa of Mercia (757–796), a copy of the dinars of the Abbasid Caliphate (774). It combines the Latin legend OFFA REX with Arabic legends. (British Museum)

The 8th century English king Offa of Mercia minted copies of Abbasid dinars struck in 774 by Caliph Al-Mansur with "Offa Rex" centered on the reverse.^[2][3] The moneyer visibly had no understanding of Arabic as the Arabic text contains many errors. Such coins may have been produced in order to trade with Islamic Spain.

• Abu Dhabi: the Abu Dhabi dinar or Bahraini dinar which were used from 1966 to 1973
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: the Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar
• Croatia: the Croatian dinar
• Iran: the Iranian rial was divided into 100 dinars
• Republic of Serbian Krajina: the Krajina dinar
• Republika Srpska: the Republika Srpska dinar
• South Yemen: the South Yemeni dinar
• Sudan: the Sudanese dinar
• Yugoslavia: the Yugoslav dinar

See also

• Kelantanese dinar
• Economy of the OIC
• Dollar
• Pound (currency)
• French denier
• Andorran diner

References

1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, Second edition, 1989, s.v. dinar; online version November 2010
2. ^ British Museum
3. ^ Medieval European Coinage By Philip Grierson p.330 [1]

• Krause, Chester L. and Clifford Mishler (2003). 2004 Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1901–Present. Colin R. Bruce II (senior editor) (31st ed. ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0873495934. 
• Malaysia: Kelantan collects Zakat in Shariah money