5 Dinars - Isa UNICEF

Features

Issuer Bahrain
Emir Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa (1961-1999)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1998
Value 5 Dinars
5 BHD = USD 13
Currency Dinar (1965-date)
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 19.44 g
Diameter 36 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
101169
References KM# 23
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

50th Anniversary of the UNICEF (1996) - The Children of the World

Obverse

Bust of Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa facing left. Emir's name in Arabic and English.

Scripts: Arabic, Latin

Lettering:
حضرة صاحب السمو الشيخ عيسى بس سلمان آل خليفة - أمير دولة البحرين
HH THE AMIR OF THE STATE OF BAHRAIN SHAIKH ISA BIN SULMAN AL-KHALIFA

Translation: His Highness Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa - Emir of the State of Bahrain

Reverse

Bahraini people playing a traditional Bahraini game called Al-Taleh. UNICEF logo.
State name, date and denomination in Arabic and English around.

Scripts: Arabic, Latin

Lettering:
دولة البحرين ١٩٩٨ · ٥ دينار
من أجل
أطفال العالمـ
unicef
· STATE OF BAHRAIN 1998 · 5 BD ·

Translation:
State of Bahrain 1998
5 Dinars
For the children of the world
UNICEF

Edge

Reeded

Comments

UNICEF Press Release:
Wednesday, 13 November 1996: Twenty-four countries are expected to mint gold or silver coins to mark the 50th anniversary of UNICEF. Making up a special series called The Children of the World Coin Collection, the legal tender will highlight half a century of service to children by UNICEF.
Among the issuing countries are Argentina, Belgium, China, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, Thailand and Turkey. Another 14 countries -- the Bahamas, Bahrain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Madagascar, Malta, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Vietnam and Zambia -- plan to put out silver coins. Several more have indicated a similar interest.
Some of the countries will issue ordinary circulating coins as a tribute to UNICEF's work for children. Depicting children engaged in sports, educational activities, the arts, festivities, or childhood themes of special national significance, their designs will be unveiled in the next few weeks.
First announced in April 1996, this special coin series will be offered for sale to collectors around the world from 1997 until 1999. Mintages for the silver collection will be limited to 25,000 coins for each country, and the gold collection will be limited to 10,000 coins for each country.
UNICEF has appointed a specialist numismatic company, Paramount International Coin Corporation USA, to produce and market the coins worldwide. Royalties from the sales of these coins will help fund UNICEF and issuing governments' programmes in health care, education, clean water, nutrition and protection from ravages of war and environmental hazards.
A similar project managed by Paramount for UNICEF in 1979, the International Year of the Child, generated royalties of over $3 million.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1998  Photo 25 000 Proof

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dinars - Isa (UNICEF)Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dinars - Isa (UNICEF)
The Coinhouse Auctions
Auction 15
Lot 212
Internet Archive
20 Jun 2020 UNC USD 43.16
(EUR 40.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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