Bahrain 100 fils 2014 - Bahrain International Circuit

New circulating commemorative:

'Sakhir Tower at the Bahrain International Circuit'

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has issued a coin and silver medal celebrating the 10th anniversary the launch of the Formula 1 in the Kingdom of Bahrain.



SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: Bimetallic
Weight: 6.00 g
Diameter: 24.00 mm
Mintage: 31,000

(information by Pabitra Saha)

LINK: Central Bank of Bahrain

Bahrain 2009 different 'fils' calligraphy

New circulating types:

The 2009 (and on) types of Bahrain have the Arabic word "fils" in the rectangular box over the numeric value, written now in a completely different calligraphy (rectangular) than before (cursive). These must then be considered completely new KM types.



With the help of some contributors we can confirm the existence of, at least, these years:

5 fils 2009, 2010, 2011
10 fils 2009, 2010, 2011
25 fils 2010
50 fils 2010, 2011
100 fils 2009, 2011



(information and images by Wolfgang Schuster and Bert Jan Niewold)

Bahrain 5 & 10 fils 2011 - Magnetic

New circulating type:

This new 10 fils coin has a steel core (thus magnetic), while the previous type (KM28) was made of brass.

3rd october 2012: Gijs Vlothuizen confirms that 5 fils 2011 is also magnetic (possibly steel core).

We still need data about the rest of the denominations from 2011/2012...



(information by Gijs Vlothuizen)
(image by Ovidijus Giniotas)