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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fatima, post: 1295775, member: 22143&quot;]BTW, there is a modern gold &amp; silver coin, the Dinar and Dirham, that does follow the Islamic coin proposal that Gaddafi&#039;s had planned to follow, that is issued by a state in Malaysia.&nbsp; I&#039;m a bit confused on the legal status on these coins but it does sound as if they were minted in part to be an alternative currency.&nbsp;&nbsp; About a year ago, I considered collecting one, but I never got around to it.&nbsp;&nbsp; My understanding is that in this system, which is based possibly on the ancient coins of the same name, that gold coins are called dinars and silver coins dirham.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the other reason I tend not to believe this story about why Libya was attacked.&nbsp;&nbsp; The coins were already being produced elsewhere and Gaddafi was just using it as an opportunity to get some attention rather than be serious about it.&nbsp;&nbsp; IMO, the real reason for the attack was over control over the oil but it had nothing to do with this coin.&nbsp; What does surprise me is why Russia, China &amp; the other Arab states went along with it.&nbsp; There is most likely more to this than what we know, but I don&#039;t think they are at the point of going to war over gold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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