11 Expensive Currencies Stronger Than U.S. Dollar

2. Bahrain
Currency: Dinar
Value Of 1 Dinar Against Dollar: $2.65
Value Of 1 Dinar Against Rupee: Rs 158.49
Highest Banknote: 20

Bahrain introduced dinar in 1965 to replace the Gulf rupee. Initially one dinar was equivalent to 10 rupees. The name dinar derives from the Roman denarius.

Before Malta's adoption of the euro on 1 January 2008, it was the third highest-valued currency unit after the Kuwaiti dinar and Maltese lira. After Malta adopted the Euro, the dinar became the second highest-valued currency unit.

3. Oman
Currency: Rial
Value Of 1 Rial Against Dollar: $2.60
Value Of 1 Rial Against Rupee: Rs 155.20
Highest Banknote: 50

Before 1940, the Indian rupee and the Maria Theresa Thaler which were locally called as Rail, were the main currencies circulating in Muscat and Oman. However later around 1940 the rial Saidi was made the currency of Oman.

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