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The dirham was struck in many Mediterranean countries, including Al-Andalus ( Moorish Spain ) and the Byzantine Empire ( miliaresion ), and could be used as currency in Europe between the 10th and 12th centuries, notably in areas with Viking connections, such as Viking York and Dublin.
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In peripheral regions, even cruder counterfeits might pass: in the Viking-age site in Coppergate, Coppergate, York, a forgery of an Arab dirham was found, struck as if for Isma ' il ibn Achmad ( ruling at Samarkand, 903-07 / 8 ), of copper covered by a once-silvery wash of tin.
Currency Board introduced notes in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50, and 100 dirham ; a 1000 dirham note was issued on 3 January 1976.
The 200 dirham denomination is scarce as it was only produced in 1989 ; any circulating today come from bank stocks.
It's especially striking considering that during that time, the emir Shaykhu was estimated to have an income of 200, 000 dirham per day.
The toll income of this road was 146 million dirham ( 2006: 117 MDh ), ranking 4th in toll-revenues in Morocco
In 1974, with the introduction of the santim, a new coinage was introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 santimat and 1 dirham.
The 1 santim was only minted until 1987 when new designs were introduced, with a ½ dirham replacing the 50 santimat without changing the size or composition.
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dirham and including
* Capital: 302, 371, 500 Moroccan dirham (€ 27, 008, 467 / £ 18, 228, 395 / US $ 36, 750, 427 ), including 68 % owned by the state and the rest is owned by its private financial bodies.
dirham and Byzantine
Historically, the word " dirham " is derived from the name of a Greek coin, the Drachma ( δραχμή ); the Greek-speaking Byzantine Empire controlled the Levant and traded with Arabia, circulating the coin there in pre-Islamic times and afterward.
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Banknotes are currently available in denominations of 5 ( brown ), 10 ( green ), 20 ( light blue ), 50 ( purple ), 100 ( pink ), 200 ( green / brown ), 500 ( navy blue ) and 1000 ( greenish blue ) dirham.
dirham and be
Thus, raising taxes of each acre of wheat field to 4 dirhams and each acre of barley field to 2 dirhams, whereas during reign of Khosro Anushiravan it used to be a single dirham for each acre of a wheat or barley field.
dirham and used
Since 1992, the fils and dirham are no longer used in the Arabic denominations and the English denominations are given in dinar and either qirsh or piastres.
dirham and currency
The country's currency, the dirham, is now fully convertible for current account transactions ; reforms of the financial sector have been implemented ; and state enterprises are being privatized.
Kelantan has become the first state to introduce the gold dinar and silver dirham as official currency.
Sheikh Rashid brought Dubai to join Abu Dhabi and other northern Emirates to create the United Arab Emirates in 1971, and in 1973, Dubai joined the other emirates to adopt a uniform currency, the UAE dirham.
Due to centuries of old trade and usage of the currency, dirham survived through the Ottoman regime.
The Arabic unit of currency known as the dirham, known from pre-Islamic times up to the present day, inherited its name from the drachma.
While the dirham is a fully convertible currency, export of the local currency is prohibited by law, but seldom controlled.
It replaced the franc as the major unit of currency but, until 1974, the franc continued to circulate, with 1 dirham
dirham and Europe
Arabic silver dirham coins were also being circulated throughout the Afro-Eurasian landmass, as far as sub-Saharan Africa in the south and northern Europe in the north, often in exchange for goods and slaves.
dirham and with
In 1995, the 50 fils and 1 dirham coins were reduced in size, with the new 50 fils being curve-equilateral-heptagonal shaped.
The word " dram " translates into English as " money " and is cognate with the Greek drachma and the Arabic dirham.
In 2011, a new series of coins has been issued, with the 5 and 10 dirham coin utilizing a latent image as a security feature.
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In March 2005, the US opened negotiations on a free trade agreement and despite recent increasing depreciation of Gulf currencies, the UAE dirham remains pegged to the plunging dollar.
In 1975, coins were introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dirham which bore the coat of arms of the Federation of Arab Republics.
Until 1992, coins were denominated in Arabic using fils, qirsh, dirham and dinar but in English only in fils and dinar.
The Qatar and Dubai riyal had circulated since 1966 in all of the emirates except Abu Dhabi, where the dirham replaced the Bahraini dinar at 1 dirham = 0. 1 dinar.
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