Denomination in Arabic characters surrounded by name of the country
Obverse script
Arabic, Latin
Obverse lettering
الامارات العربية المتحدة
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درهمـ
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (Translation: United Arab Emirates 1 Dirham United Arab Emirates)
Reverse description
Higher Colleges of Technology logo, consisting of a bird viewed through window frame
Reverse script
Arabic, Latin
Reverse lettering
كليات التقنية العليا
HIGHER COLLEGES OF TECHNOLOGY
TEN YEARS OF EXCELLENCE
1988-1998
عشر سنوات مِن التفوق (Translation: Higher Colleges of Technology Ten years of Excellence 1988-1998)