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10 Riyals
| Issuer | Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency |
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| Year | 1977-1982 |
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| Currency | Riyal (1960-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a large panoramic aerial vignette of the Ras Tanura oil refinery complex rendered in intaglio line work across the central field. The English inscription "SAUDI ARABIAN MONETARY AGENCY" runs along the top, with "TEN RIYALS" at lower centre; decorative guilloche panels incorporating the Saudi national emblem are positioned at the left and right margins. The numeral "10" appears in each corner. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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This note belongs to the third series issued under SAMA, a period when Saudi Arabia was navigating an extraordinary expansion of oil revenues following the 1973 embargo and the subsequent price restructuring. The monetary authority was printing currency at a pace the Kingdom had never previously required, and De La Rue — long the dominant printer for Gulf state issues — handled the bulk of that output through the late 1970s.
P#18 is among the more commonly encountered notes of the series in circulated grades, largely because the denomination sat squarely in everyday commercial use during a period of intense domestic spending. High-grade uncirculated examples are less trivial to source than their frequency in circulation suggests.