Reference Site for Islamic Banknotes

United Arab Emirates: No.4 Fifty dirhams

 

First issued — 20 May 1973.
Size — 163 mm x 72 mm.
Signature — Sheikh Hamad bin Rashid al Maktoum (Chairman of the Currency Board).
Watermark — The head of a horse.
Security thread — Solid.
Printer — Thomas de la Rue & Co.
Illustration — Geometric patterns dominate the note. A vignette contains an outline of the coast of the United Arab Emirates, over which is written in Arabic ‘United Arab Emirates’. Above the outline of the coast is a dhow and below are four camels and a camel driver. To the left of the vignette is a palm tree, to the right is an oil rig and below is a string of pearls.
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Illustration — Sheikh’s palace at Ajman.


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