The “gold dinar,” a reportedly 4.25-gram, 21-carat gold coin, is aimed at replacing the Syrian pound, Iraqi dinar and U.S. dollar in the market. Oil traders have been instructed by IS to deal ...

The group says that one new dinar coin will be 21-carats, weigh 4.25 grams and be worth the equivalent of $139, as it will be made out of gold. "One state, built on faith, rises to face this evil ...

The militants currently brutalising parts of Iraq and Syria claim to have produced the gold dinar, with smaller denominations of silver dirhams and copper fulus, in a newly released propaganda video.

The Islamic State has released a video that heavily borrows footage from Hollywood war movies and introduces its newly minted currency: the gold dinar. The Islamic State has released a video that ...

The gold dinar is an Islamic medieval gold coin first issued in 699 AD by Caliph Abdul Malik Ibn Marwan. The weight of the dinar is 1 mithqal (3.64 grams). The word dinar comes from the Latin word ...