The new standards of the World Islamic Trading Organisation are based on the traditional average weight and measure of the Dinar and Dirham during Muslim rule:

COIN

WEIGHT

DIAMETER

DINAR

4.25 g

23 mm

DIRHAM

3.00 g

25 mm

FALS

3.50 g

21 mm

KHAMSA*

15.00 g

27 mm


* The Khamsa is a 5 Dirham coin.

Dinars and Dirhams have already been minted and have been in commercial circulation in Spain, Scotland, Germany and South Africa since 1992.

 

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