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10 Riyals
| Issuer | Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency |
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| Year | 1954 |
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| Size | 172 x 107 mm |
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| Reverse description | Two octagonal guilloche medallions frame the central text block, each enclosing the Saudi Arabian emblem of a palm tree with crossed swords beneath. The issuer's name مؤسسة النقد العربي السعودي is inscribed at the top, with the denomination عشرة ريالات in Arabic script at the foot. A Turkish-language legend appears in a horizontal band across the lower portion of the design, set against an intricate green guilloche underprint. |
| Reverse lettering | مؤسسة النقد العربي السعودي عشرة ريالات SAUDI ARABİSTAN NAKİT İŞLERİ AJANLİĞİ TEHAMİN DEVİR KABİL İŞBU MAHBUŞİ MALİ EMİNE ANADE OLMAK ÜZREİ ON RİYAL MAL ZEKİRESİDE MUHAFAZA EDER |
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The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency was only established in 1952, and this 1954 note belongs to the agency's first series of banknotes — a significant shift for a country whose religious conservatives had long opposed paper currency as potentially usurious. The notes required careful political management before they could enter circulation at all.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement here is unsurprising given their dominance in Gulf state printing contracts during the 1950s. Watermark security was the primary anti-counterfeiting measure, reflecting both the technology of the period and the relatively limited infrastructure for detecting more sophisticated features in Saudi commerce at the time.