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Saudi Arabia: No.2 1 Riyal

 

First issued — October 1955.
Size — 127 mm x 72 mm.
Signatures — (2) Muhammed Surour Al-Saban (Chairman of SAMA) and R. D. Standish (Governor of SAMA).
Watermark — A monogram of ‘SAMA’ repeated all over the paper.
Security thread — Solid.
Printer —
Illustration — Palace of King Saud ‘Kassir Khuzam in Jiddah’.
(At left) ‘I declare that the Monetary Agency has in its vault the amount of one Arabic riyal available for whosoever holds this receipt, it is negotiable, and the full value of this receipt will be given immediately to the holder at any of the Monetary Agency branches. First issue 1372.’
(At right) ‘This receipt was issued by the Agency to facilitate the carrier’s pilgrimage and therefore allows him to get the Arabic Riyal in his hands with ease during his stay in Saudi Arabia, and without him incurring any exchange fees.’
(At left and right of illustration) ‘One Riyal’ written in English, Malay, Farsi, Arabic, Urdu and Turkish.
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Illustration — ‘The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency holds in it vaults one riyal at the disposal of the bearer of this fully negotiable receipt.’ written in Malay, Farsi, Arabic, Urdu and Turkish.


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