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Saudi Arabia: No.4 10 Riyals

 

First issued — 15 Ramadan 1373 SAMA web site (18 May 1954) (1954).
Size — 172 mm x 78 mm.
Signatures — (1) Najjeb Ibrahim Salha (Vice President of SAMA), George Blowers (Governor of SAMA) and Rasem Bey Khalidi (Vice Governor of SAMA).
Watermark — A monogram of ‘SAMA’ repeated all over the paper.
Security thread — Solid.
Printer —
Illustration — View of Jiddah from the sea with two boats in the foreground.
(At left) ‘I declare that the Monetary Agency has in its vault the amount of ten Arabic riyals 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 vignette) ‘Ten Riyals’ written in English, Malay, Farsi, Arabic, Urdu and Turkish.
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Illustration — ‘The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency holds in it vaults ten riyals at the disposal of the bearer of this fully negotiable receipt.’ written in Malay, Farsi, Arabic, Urdu and Turkish.


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