Time Period: 1916-1925

Timeline

  • 1920-1923
  • Issuance of copper subsidiary coins:
    - First series of 1, ½, ¼, ⅛ Piastres (of Turkish accounting), dated AH1334, regnal years 5-6
    - Second series of 1, ½, ¼ Piastres (of Turkish accounting), dated AH1334, regnal year 8
  • 1923-1924
  • Issuance of silver coins of 20, 10, 5 Piastres, dated AH1334, regnal years 8-9:
    - The weights corresponded to the Turkish monetary standard of 1840, but due to the fineness 0.917 instead of 0.833, they were rated at 22, 11, 5½ Turkish Piastres.
  • 1923
  • Issuance of a gold coin of 1 Dinar, dated AH1334, regnal year 8:
    - The weight and fineness corresponded to the Turkish monetary standard of 1840, it was rated at 100 Turkish Piastres.
  • 06.05.1925
  • AH:23.10.1343
  • Royal decree on the establishment of the Arab National Bank of the Hejaz and the creation of the Hejaz Pound as national currency on par with the British Pound; effective immediately:
    - The bank was constituted on 26.05.1925 (AH:03.11.1343) but did not open for business
    - Paper money of 100, 50, 10, 5, 1 Pounds was commissioned, but not issued; no coins were produced.


Time Period: 1925-1932

Timeline

  • around 1925
  • Countermarking (stamp: "Hejaz") of silver coins (Maria Theresia Thaler, British Indian Rupee) to make them current in conquered Hejaz (where they had been banned before).
  • 1925-1926
  • Issuance of subsidiary coins of ½ Piastre, dated AH1343-1344, in the name of king Abd al-Aziz for Hejaz
  • 1926-1930
  • Issuance of subsidiary coins of 1, ½, ¼ (Courant) Piastres:
    - Issuance in the name of the Sultanate of Nejd and Kingdom of Hejaz, dated AH1344
    - Issuance in the name of the Kingdoms of Nejd and Hejaz, dated AH1346-1348
  • 1928-1930
  • Issuance of silver coins of 1, ½, ¼ Riyal in the name of the Kingdoms of Nejd and Hejaz, dated AH1346-1348