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Islamic State set to issue its own currency, models coin designs after those of third caliph

Jun 24, 2015 9:25 am By Robert Spencer

Islamic State coinThe coin design “is reportedly based on the original dinar coins of the Caliphate of Uthman around 650 CE.” The world map in the pictured coin is a reminder of the fact that they believe their caliphate rightly encompasses the entire world. They will keep fighting against non-Muslims in order to realize that goal until they are prevented from doing so.

“First pictures of ISIS coins as terror group is set to issue its own currency,” by Jon Dean, Mirror, June 23, 2015 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

These are the first images of terror group Islamic State’s own currency.

The brutal jihadists seem to have minted their own coins, and pictures of the cash have appeared online.

Photographs were Tweeted by anti-ISIS activists living under the radical thugs’ vicious regime in Syria.

They claim the terrorist currency will soon be in use.

One wrote: “The new coins that #Isis say it will deal with it soon #Syria #IS #ISIL.”

The photos include one of what is said to be a five dinar piece, featuring Arabic on one side and seven wheat stalks on the other.

Another has a map of the world on one side.

The Islamic State controls large parts of Syria and Iraq and has managed to build wealth through its control of oil fields.

The money looks similar to the designs released by the Jihadists last year, when it announced it would use gold, silver and copper coins.

It is reportedly based on the original dinar coins of the Caliphate of Uthman around 650 CE….

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  1. shosh7154 says

    Jun 24, 2015 at 9:46 am

    The Jewish Messiah is going to return soon and HIS currency will have the Star of David on it.

  2. JamesonRocks says

    Jun 24, 2015 at 9:49 am

    It will be interesting to see the response of the numismatic community…

    • Eric R. Shaw says

      Jun 24, 2015 at 10:15 pm

      Sadly I am in a weird place over this. I think the thought of having coins in my collection from a group like IS, makes me sick. BUT I am a collector, I have Nazi coins, USSR coinage…etc. I kind of want one. I am not sure how that makes me feel.

      • tilda says

        Jun 25, 2015 at 9:31 am

        Interesting quandry. One one hand, it’s just gold and that’s what you’re buying. On the other hand, there’s a risk that buying one of these coins (depending on where you shop) might leave you open to an accusation (charge?) of supporting a terrorist group.

      • chanah says

        Jun 26, 2015 at 10:32 am

        Not sure how you will get a calip-hate coin, could cost you your head being an infidel

  3. Angemon says

    Jun 24, 2015 at 10:02 am

    How much is that on Pound Sterling?

  4. john spielman says

    Jun 24, 2015 at 10:04 am

    ISIS is just THE LATEST IN THE LINE OF VIOLENT GENOCIDAL islamic caliphates to inhabit the Middle East. ISIS is islam just as muhammed pbuh* was a demon possessed mass murderer thief liar misogynist and pedophile pervert who is the inspiration for all muslim crimes against the world
    pbuh* -PERPETUAL BANISHMENT UNTO HELL!

  5. Cecilia Ellis says

    Jun 24, 2015 at 11:02 am

    Am I seeing this right? Isn’t that the Black Stone at the top-right portion of the coin? What about idol worship? Wonder how many of these coins were left as tips at the iftar dinner, during which Obama lamented the “distorted impression many have of Americans”?

    • Cecilia Ellis says

      Jun 24, 2015 at 11:04 am

      Oops . . . should read “many Americans have of Muslims.”

      • TheBuffster says

        Jun 24, 2015 at 12:46 pm

        I think both statements are true.

        • Cecilia Ellis says

          Jun 24, 2015 at 1:42 pm

          LOL! I wanted to reply to you earlier, but I was transfixed at watching the televised address, given at the White House, by the Lamenter-in-Chief. In a thirteen minute speech, he lamented the tragedies of Americans held hostage by ISIL, by terrorists in Yemen, by the Somali Pirates, etc. Not once did he mention that these hostages were held by Muslims. In fact, not once did the word “Islamic” emerge from the text he was reading. (No teleprompter to blame that on.) In fairness, there was one exception: After citing the death of Peter Kassig, Obama repeated his name, emphasizing Peter’s Muslim name: Abdul Rahman.

    • shosh7154 says

      Jun 24, 2015 at 11:10 am

      Your observation about the “sexy” black stone in the shape of a woman’s private part is amazing…as you know, women are not allowed to kiss the black stone with their mouths, but only to touch the edge of it with their hands, only the men can indulge their desires with it. Such is the religion of sex (72 houries..black-eyed women pertually virgin after sexual intercourse promised to every jihadi and those who carry out the order to fight in the way of allah by killing everyone until the religion is for allah)

      • Cecilia Ellis says

        Jun 24, 2015 at 11:24 am

        Wow! That explains why so many are consumed with the desire to make the hajj . . . there’s nothing else in Mecca . . . just a perverse, pornographic orgy!

    • Angemon says

      Jun 24, 2015 at 11:34 am

      Cecilia Ellis posted:

      “What about idol worship?”

      It was only idol worship when the pagans did it, not when muhammad did it nor when muslims started mimicking muhammad. Because islamic logic.

      • Cecilia Ellis says

        Jun 24, 2015 at 12:13 pm

        “Because islamic logic.”

        That pretty well sums it up . . . thanks, Angemon.

        • Huck Folder says

          Jun 24, 2015 at 2:59 pm

          LOL

          islamic logic

          That and a buck, will get you a cup of coffee.

          I suggest that be tossed out freely, in future, as the sine qua non example of the oxymoron. It could even replace oxymoron, except for it being two words.

        • Huck Folder says

          Jun 24, 2015 at 3:08 pm

          I would love to ask someone like Baghdadi or obuMBoy a logical question:

          Is this correct:

          Q8:39 “… and religion should be ONLY for Allah”

          Do you believe that will happen soon (100 years?)?

          When it does, isn’t that verse and others redundant?
          People would ask: “What do those verses mean?

          How can “The Book of Hate™” have redundancy?

          …

    • jesus says

      Jun 24, 2015 at 2:04 pm

      that is the number 5 stupid

      • eib says

        Jun 24, 2015 at 11:23 pm

        Thank you Jesus. I’ve always wanted to write that somewhere in Internetland.

    • Jason says

      Jun 25, 2015 at 1:41 am

      It’s Khamsa – meaning 5 in Arabic.

  6. Holy Prophet APF says

    Jun 24, 2015 at 12:28 pm

    They sense their nationhood, and so they have it. Back when America stood for freedom and liberty, those were the ideals bound the nation together. Moslems are bound together by the Cause, to take over the world to finally satisfy Allah’s displeasure with the mistakes wrought first by the Jews, then the Christians, then the Zoorastrians who may have predated the Jews, then the Hindus, then the Buddhists… well what the hell anybody who is an Infidel. It’s all wrong, and the Nation of Islam will make it right. The Nation in the Levant, not the one in Philly.

    Congratulations on the New Caliphates for having a nation led by a man with whom they share ideals. World takeover ain’t easy, but it can be done with sufficient commitment, and they have that. The oil money doesn’t hurt either. And the “leaders” of America and EUrabia sure help move things along. Soon there will be WMD with which to work. Things are looking up if you’re a devout Moslem.

    • Huck Folder says

      Jun 24, 2015 at 3:25 pm

      “World takeover ain’t easy, but it can be done with sufficient commitment,”

      You just nead a single-minded absolute dictator – like Hitler.

      Baghdadi = Hitler.

      The 80% of the world which is still CIVILIZED, is falling over itself to APPEASE the 20% SAVAGES.

      Like Hitler, islam is NOT INTERESTED in peace, or getting along, or half the pie, it wants it ALL, the WHOLE world. And the dhimmis give it to them, a piece here, a piece there…

      The Kurds could have given IS twice the pain, if Turkey had helped them. But Turkey is now an islamist state, and are secretly jealous of Baghdadi. And of course, they’re SHIT-SCARED of a powerful, well-trained, battle-hardened, especially well-equipped Kurdish army.

      If ONLY there were some formula, some guarantee for the future, that a greater Kurdistan would be fair and just in the future, despite being worshipers of mo, the free world could get behind that idea. If it tweaked the noses of Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turley, SO WHAT!

  7. miriamrove says

    Jun 24, 2015 at 12:40 pm

    This is great news. Obama will soon authorize our banking systems to trade the Isis Diner and soon every currency exchange will be able to accommodate this. This way CAIR and the rest of them will not get their feelings hurt. m

    • TheBuffster says

      Jun 24, 2015 at 12:53 pm

      I’m no expert in financial matters, but if ISIS is minting reliable, real gold and silver coins, that seems to me like a bit of a worry. They’ll have the only sound money around.

      • Alarmed Pig Farmer says

        Jun 24, 2015 at 1:13 pm

        They’ll have the only sound money around.

        That’s literally true, Buff. Read Currency Wars by James Rickards to see that.

  8. Voytek Gagalka says

    Jun 24, 2015 at 3:35 pm

    There is an internet gossip that Saddam was overthrown because he planned to drop American dollar as exchange currency and turn toward gold standard. And Gaddafi ditto. Thus ff course they could not be tolerated by American government to undermine worldwide dollar supremacy. I don’t know if that’s true, but if it is, how long before the IS will be hit REALLY hard? Forget about their atrocities et al. Dollar is in danger!!!

  9. Porkistan says

    Jun 24, 2015 at 8:06 pm

    If I counterfeit these coins and ship/sell them to IS territory, would anybody in America prosecute me?

    1. Price of Gold = $1000 / ounce
    2. Price of Tungsten = $1 / ounce
    3. Screwing ISIS while making 1000% profit = Priceless!

  10. Richard says

    Jun 25, 2015 at 4:13 am

    And the U.K has no gold reserves to plunder, as some would say.

  11. RICHTHOFEN says

    Jun 25, 2015 at 5:06 am

    Do you mean 650 AD ? Using CE plays into the hands of anti Christians and follows/swallows the ISIL and muslim propaganda of hatred of all non muslims – CE is of, and for, the deluded pc mob who have done so much damage to democracy and civilisation already – don’t spread their bile for them

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