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Saudi Arabia: No.3 5 Riyals
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First issued — 13 Shawwal 1375 H SAMA web site (24 May 1956) (1954).
Size — 156 mm x 66 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 one boat in the foreground.
(At left) ‘I declare that the Monetary Agency has in its vault the amount of five 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) ‘Five Riyals’ written in English, Malay, Farsi, Arabic, Urdu and Turkish.
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Illustration — ‘The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency holds in it vaults five riyals at the disposal of the bearer of this fully negotiable receipt.’ written in Malay, Farsi, Arabic, Urdu and Turkish.