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United Arab Emirates

Signature 1 Sheikh Hamad bin Rashaid al-Maktoum (Chairman of the Currency Board)
  Minister of Finance Chairman of the Board of Directors
Signature 2 Sheikh Hamad bin Rashaid al-Maktoum Sheikh Suroor bin Mohamed al-Nahyan
Signature 3 Sheikh Hamad bin Rashaid al-Maktoum Muhammad Eid al-Muraiki
Signature 4 Sheikh Hamad bin Rashaid al-Maktoum   Khalil Foulazi

 

Link to the description of prefixes for the UAE notes. Click here to see how the serial number prefixes
are constructed for the notes issued in the UAE.

SCWPM Denomination Image Year Signature Prefix Range Comments
Fourth Issue - UAE Central Bank - Modifed Coat of Arms
NL   1000 Dirhams   2008/1429 Sig. 4   Change to the coat of arms.
NL   100 Dirhams Image 2008/1429 Sig. 4 006 –
٠٠٦ –
Fourth Issue - UAE Central Bank - Modifed watermark
NL   200 Dirhams Image 2004/1425 Sig. 3 018 – 108
١٠٨ – ٠١٨		 Now brown, this note was issued on 27 May 2008.
NL   1000 Dirhams Image 2006/1427 Sig. 3 111 – 181
١٨١ – ١١١		 Additional coffee pot electrotype watermark. The foil strip now carries the denomination as well as the coat of arms.
29 a 500 Dirhams Image 2004/1424 Sig. 3 132 – 222
٢٢٢ – ١٣٢		 Additional coffee pot electrotype watermark.
  b     2006/1427 Sig. 3 252 – 432
٤٣٢ – ٢٥٢		 The foil strip now carries the denomination as well as the coat of arms.
  c     2008/1429 Sig. 3 442 – 602
٦٠٢ – ٤٤٢
28 a 100 Dirhams Image 2003/1423 Sig. 3 013 – 203
٢٠٣ – ٠١٣		 Similar to No.23 but with foil stamp of a castle tower in a circle and coffee pot as electrotype watermark.
  b     2004/1425 Sig. 3 213 – 363
٣٦٣ – ٢١٣
  c     2006/1427 Sig. 3 623 –
٦٢٣ –
27 a 50 Dirhams Image 2004/1424 Sig. 3 014 – 084
٠٨٤ – ٠١٤		 With coffee-pot and denominataion as electrotype watermarks;
and silver foil stamp of the head of an oryx at right.
  b     2006/1427 Sig. 3 114 –
١١٤ –
  c     2008/1429 Sig. 3 194 –
١٩٤ –
NL   20 Dirhams Image 2007/1428 Sig.3   Additional coffee pot electrotype watermark.
NL   10 Dirhams Image 2004/1425 Sig.3 015 – 115
١١٥ – ٠١٥		 Additional coffee pot electrotype watermark.
NL       2007/1428 Sig.3  
NL   5 Dirhams Image 2004/1425 Sig.3 016 – 046
٠٤٦ – ٠١٦		 Additional coffee pot electrotype watermark.
NL       2007/1428 Sig.3  
Fourth Issue - UAE Central Bank
25 a 1000 Dirhams Image 1998/1419 Sig. 3 011 – 021
٠٢١ – ٠١١
  b     2000/1420 Sig. 3 031 – 081
٠٨١ – ٠٣١
24 a 500 Dirhams Image 1998/1419 Sig. 3 012 – 082
٠٨٢ – ٠١٢		 As No.17b, but no denomination over watermark and new serial number sequence. Foil strip at right.
  b     2000/1420 Sig. 3 092 – 122
١٢٢ – ٠٩٢
23 a 100 Dirhams Image 1998/1419 Sig. 3 013 – 163
١٦٣ – ٠١٣		 As No.15, but no denomination over
watermark and new serial number sequence.
22   50 Dirhams Image 1998/1419 Sig. 3 014 – 104
١٠٤ – ٠١٤		 As No.14, but no denomination over
watermark and new serial number sequence.
21 a 20 Dirhams Image 1997/1418 Sig. 3 017 – 057
٠٥٧ – ٠١٧		 The prefix 957 is used for a replacement note.
  b     2000/1420 Sig. 3 067 – 127
١٢٧ – ٠٦٧
20 a 10 Dirhams Image 1998/1419 Sig. 3 015 – 255
٢٥٥ – ٠١٥		 As No.13, but no denomination over
watermark and new serial number sequence.
  b     2001/1422 Sig. 3 265 – 545
٥٤٥ – ٢٦٥		 Slight modification to the cartouche holding the dates.
19 a 5 Dirhams Image 2000/1420 Sig. 3 016 – 106
١٠٦ – ٠١٦		 As No.12, but no denomination over
watermark and new serial number sequence.
  b     2001/1422 Sig.3 116 – 356
٣٥٦ – ١١٦		 Slight modification to the cartouche holding the dates.
Third Issue - UAE Central Bank
17   500 Dirhams Image 1993/1414 Sig. 3 012 – 142
ب/١٤ – ب/١
18     Image 1996/1416 Sig. 3 012 – 082
ب/٨ – ب/١		 Silver foil tower at lower left
15 a 100 Dirhams Image 1993/1414 Sig. 3 013 – 103
ت/١٠ – ت/١
  b     1995/1416 Sig. 3 113 – 233
ت/٣٣ – ت/١١
14 a 50 Dirhams Image 1995/1415 Sig. 3 014 – 034
ث/٣ – ث/١
  b     1996/1417 Sig. 3 044 – 094
ث/٩ – ث/٤
13 a 10 Dirhams Image 1993/1414 Sig. 3 015 – 115
ج/١١ – ج/١
  b     1995/1416 Sig. 3 115 – 365
ج/٣٦ – ج/١١
12 a 5 Dirhams Image 1993/1414 Sig. 3 016 – 076
ح/٧ – ح/١
  b     1995/1416 Sig. 3 086 – 326
ح/٣٢ – ح/٨		 Replacement note has been recorded with ح​ر/١
Second Issue - UAE Central Bank
16   200 Dirhams Image 1989/1410 Sig. 2 1A – 16A
ا/١٦ – ا/١
NL   1000 Dirhams Image   Sig. 2 ا/١
11   500 Dirhams Image   Sig. 2 ب/١٤ – ب/١
10   100 Dirhams Image   Sig. 2 ت/٢٢ – ت/١
9   50 Dirhams Image   Sig. 2 ث/١١ – ث/١
8   10 Dirhams Image   Sig. 2 ج/٤١ – ج/١
7   5 Dirhams Image   Sig. 2 ح/٣٥ – ح/١
First Issue - UAE Currency Board
6   1000 Dirhams Image   Sig. 1 و٥ – و١
5   100 Dirhams Image   Sig. 1 هـ١٧ – هـ١
4   50 Dirhams Image   Sig. 1 د٥ – د١
3   10 Dirhams Image   Sig. 1 ج١٨ – ج١
2   5 Dirhams Image   Sig. 1 ب١٦ – ب١ Replacement note has been recorded with ظ١
1   1 Dirham Image   Sig.1 ا١٠ – ا١ Replacement note has been recorded with غ١

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