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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cman, post: 2947968, member: 23242&quot;]Being stationed overseas and dealing with this coinage every day I figured it would be nice to throw a little knowledge on both a country that not a lot of people have heard of, and more importantly their coinage.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To start this off, Bahrain is a small island country (295sq Miles) that is 16 miles off the coast of Saudi Arabia.&nbsp; It is a Unitary Presidential Constitutional Monarchy with a King. Bahrain is home to the ancient Dilmun Civilization (Circa 4th millennium BC – 540 BC) renowned for their Pearls.&nbsp; In the late 1800’s Bahrain became a protectorate of the United Kingdom and then in 1971 Bahrain declared independence from the UK to become an emirate. Then in 2002 was formally recognized as a Kingdom.</p><p><br /></p><p>For this we are going to focus on the modern coinage of the country. The modern design of Bahrain was first enacted in 1992 and comes in 5 denominations. The denominations are: 5 Fils, 10 Fils, 25 Fils, 50 Fils, and 100 Fils. The 5 and 10 Fils are brass, the 25 and 50 Fils are Cupro-nickel, and the 100 Fils coin is a Cupro-nickel core surrounded by a brass ring. Following along I will go into more detail of designs and sizes.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>5 Fils/19mm/2.50g/Brass/OBV: Palm Tree/REV: Value</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]719500[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>10 Fils/21mm/3.35g/Brass/OBV: Palm Tree/REV: Value</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]719501[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>25 Fils/20mm/2.35g/Cupro-nickel/OBV: Dilmun Civilization seal/ REV: Value</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]719502[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>50 Fils/22mm/3.5g/Cupro-nickel/OBV: Boat (Dhow)/ REV: Value</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]719503[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>100Fils/24mm/6.0g/Cupro-nickel with Brass ring/OBV: Coat of Arms/REV: Value</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]719504[/ATTACH] </b></p><p>*I do not own these images*</p><p><br /></p><p>Bahrain Fils are out of 1000, instead of the more common 100 and form together to make one Bahraini Dinar. The locked exchange rate is 1 BHD: $2.65</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you and I hope you learned a little something,</p><p><br /></p><p>Charles[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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