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The gold dinar (Arabic: ﺩﻳﻨﺎﺭ ذهب) is an Islamic medieval gold coin first issued in AH 77 (696–697 CE) by Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. The weight of the dinar is 1 mithqal (4.25 grams or 0.137 troy ounces). The word dinar comes from the Latin word denarius, which was a silver coin.
The Islamic State dinar (Arabic: دينار الدولة الإسلامية), or simply the gold dinar, [2] was the official currency of the Islamic State from 2014 to 2019. Subdivided into dirhams and fulûs , it was modelled after the historical gold dinar that was first introduced in the Muslim world during the time of the Umayyad Caliphate .
Gold dinar of Abd al-Malik, AH 75, Umayyad Caliphate.. According to Islamic law, the Islamic dinar is a coin of pure gold weighing 72 grains of average barley. [citation needed] Modern determinations of weight for the "full solidus" weigh 4.44 grams at the time of Heraclius and a "light solidus" equivalent to the weight of the mithqal weighing 4.25 grams, with the silver Dirham being created ...
The main gold unit was the dinar (from Roman denarius), which was worth 20 silver coins. It was most likely modeled on the Byzantine solidus. [178] The silver coin was called a dirham (from Greek drachma). Its size and shape was based on Sasanian coins and they were minted in much larger quantities than in the earlier Byzantine era. [178]
Umayyad Gold Dinar: Umayyad Caliphate: Morten & Eden [10] April 2011 $5,500,000 1787 Brasher Doubloon - EB on Wing MS-63+ privately minted Newlin, Davis, Perschke Heritage Auctions (private transaction) [11] March 2019 $5,280,000 1804 $10 Proof Eagle - DCAM PR-65+ CAC United States Woodin, Col. Green, Simpson Heritage Auctions [12] January 2021 ...
On History Channel's hit show "Pawn Stars," a man came in to sell a 1907 Saint-Gaudens double eagle $20 gold coin. The coins are extremely rare, and some of them have sold for more than $1 million ...
Gold dinar of Hisham II al-Mu'ayyad bi-llah, First reign, (976–1009) al-Andalus mint. Dated (AH 396) 1006/7 AD. In 976, at the age of 10, Hisham II succeeded his father Al-Hakam II as Caliph of Cordoba. Hisham II was a minor at the time of his accession and therefore was unfit to rule.
The value of silver dollars can vary greatly, whether it’s the 1964 Kennedy half dollar or the 1922 silver dollar coin. And some rare specimens fetch astounding amounts at auctions.