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Bahrain: No.8A Five dinars

 

First issued — 16 December 1979.
Size — 152 mm x 72 mm.
Signature — Sheikh Khalifah bin Sulman al Khalifah.
Watermark — The head of a falcon.
Security thread — Solid.
Printer — Thomas de la Rue and Company.
Illustration — Standard design for the issue, with a minaret of the Suq al Khamis mosque (see ‘4. 1 Dinar’ for a description of the Suq al Khamis).
Back
Illustration — Two pearling boats, one anchored and one underway. This illustration has been adapted from the illustration on the back of the first 5-dinar note.


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