The Banknotes of Bahrain

Banknote production status: CURRENT.

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The first catalog number in each listing below is from The Banknote Book.

Bahrain Currency Board

BCB B1a P1a	100 Fils L.1964 (2.9.1967)
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BCB B2a P2a	¼ Dinar L.1964 (16.10.1965)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BCB B3a P3a	½ Dinar L.1964 (16.10.1965)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BCB B4a P4a	1 Dinar L.1964 (16.10.1965)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BCB B5a P5a	5 Dinars L.1964 (16.10.1965)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BCB B6a P6a	10 Dinars L.1964 (16.10.1965)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

Bahrain Monetary Agency

BMA B1a P7	½ Dinar L.1973 (16.12.1979)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BMA B2a P8	1 Dinar L.1973 (16.12.1979)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BMA B3a P8A	5 Dinars L.1973 (16.12.1979)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BMA B4a P9a	10 Dinars L.1973 (16.12.1979)
Two horizontal black serial numbers. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BMA B5a P10	20 Dinars L.1973 (7.1978)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BMA B7a P12	½ Dinar L.1973 (3.1993)
Shield at center on front is red, not brown. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BMA B8a P13	1 Dinar L.1973 (3.1993)
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BMA B9a P14	5 Dinars L.1973 (3.1993)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BMA B10a P15	10 Dinars L.1973 (3.1993)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BMA B11a P16a	20 Dinars L.1973 (3.1993)
Authorized "first printing" without a space between the two series letters. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BMA B11b P16x	20 Dinars L.1973 (6.1999)
Unauthorized "second printing", with a space between the two series letters. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

BMA B12a P17	½ Dinar L.1973 (1996)
Narrow security thread. Shield on front is brown, not red. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BMA B13b P19b	1 Dinar L.1973 (1998)
Without demetalized "printing" on security thread. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BMA B14b P20b	5 Dinars L.1973 (1998)
Without demetalized "printing" on security thread. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BMA B15b P21b	10 Dinars L.1973 (1998)
Without demetalized text "BMA" on security thread. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

Central Bank of Bahrain

CBB B1a P25	½ Dinar 2006 (17.3.2008)
Images courtesy Armen Hovsepian at www.MEBanknotes.com

CBB B2a P26	1 Dinar 2006 (17.3.2008)
Images courtesy Ron Wise

CBB B3a P27	5 Dinars 2006 (17.3.2008)
Images courtesy Armen Hovsepian at www.MEBanknotes.com

CBB B4a P28	10 Dinars 2006 (17.3.2008)
Images courtesy Armen Hovsepian at www.MEBanknotes.com

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