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10 Dirhams
| Issuer | United Arab Emirates Central Bank |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Size | 147 x 62 mm |
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| Reverse description | Green on multicolour underprint. A vignette of an irrigated agricultural landscape with date palms and fruit-bearing trees in perspective occupies the centre. A perched falcon is shown in intaglio within an octagonal cartouche at left, flanked by denomination numerals '10' in ornamental rosettes at left, right, and lower right. The issuer's name appears in English at top and the denomination in English at bottom centre. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The UAE Central Bank's first unified dirham series launched in 1973, but the P#8 10 Dirhams belongs to the revised second series introduced in 1982, which brought updated security specifications and refined plate work from De La Rue. The watermark on this issue — a falcon's head — was carried consistently across the series as the Emirates' chosen national symbol for paper security.
De La Rue's London production during this period was handling multiple Gulf state contracts simultaneously, and the technical consistency across those issues is notable. The 1982 series remained in circulation well into the 1990s before the third series began replacing it.