British Malay and Borneo coin set
Commemorative
500 yen Commemorative
Hiroshima summer spot
500 Yen - Heisei (Kansai International Airport)
Calendar - Islamic
The Islamic calendar is based on lunar cycles. The mean year lasts about 11 days less than the Gregorian year, which causes an offset from one year to another.
The year is pretty easy to spot on coins. It is made of 4 Arabic numerals (١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩٠) or Western numerals (1234567890).
For instance, the opposite coin reads ١٣٧٨, that is 1378. The Islamic year 1378 began on July 18, 1958 and ended on July 6, 1959.
Year reading
Writing years is to be proceed the same way as in English. Only the design of numerals changes.Here is the conversion table:
The Story of Bahrain 500 Fils
Pearl roundabout was a monument at Manama, Bahrain was constructed representing the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) since 1982. The place was Know as GCC Roundabout.
The monument had 6 sails holding a perl.
The 6 sails were representing 6 member states of the GCC, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirate. A picture of Pearl monument was featured at the back of Bahrain 500 fils.
In 18 March 2011, a uprising was held against Bahrain government resulted the demolition of the Perl Monument.
After one month, Bahrain government took a decision to devastate the monument as it was violated in anti government movement.
The Central Bank of Bahrain also decided the country the country that the 500 Fils coim will be no longer used and everyone should replace with ½ Dinar Banknote
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