The dinar is the currency of Serbia. The dinar was first used in Serbia in medieval times, its earliest use dating back to 1214. The dinar was reintroduced as the official Serbian currency by Prince Mihailo Obrenović in the 1868. One dinar was formerly subdivided into 100 para.
Dinar of King Stefan Dragutin
Obverse and reverse of paper money (5 dinar) from the Kingdom of Serbia from World War I (1917), Museum in Smederevo, featuring Miloš Obilić
Image: 5 Serbian dinars
Image: 20dinara
The dinar is the name of the principal currency unit in several countries near the Mediterranean Sea, with a more widespread historical use. The English word "dinar" is the transliteration of the Arabic دينار (dīnār), which was borrowed via the Syriac dīnarā, itself from the Latin dēnārius.
Silver dinar from the reign of Serbian king Stefan Uroš I (1243–1255).
Umayyad Caliphate golden dinar.