Currency history
Bahraini dinar
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- BHD
- Ancestry branch
- Indian rupee
Its place in the family
All ancestors and descendants ↗Bahraini dinar
This currencyTrace its ancestry backward
Bahraini dinar
Indian rupee
1 later contribution joined this currency. See those connections →
Calcutta sicca rupee
Mughal rupee–dam accounting
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
The central bank dates the first Bahraini dinar issue to 1965. [1]
Abu Dhabi converted Bahraini dinars into ten UAE dirhams each. Territorial adoption, not replacement of Bahrain’s currency in Bahrain. [2]
Turning points
Territorial currency replacement
Ten Gulf rupees converted to one Bahraini dinar. [3]
Sources and evidence
- Central Bank of Bahrain · Annual Report 2016
- Central Bank of the UAE · Our History; Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025
- Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025
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“Bahraini dinar.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000300.html