Catalog
100 Dirhams
| Issuer | Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates |
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| Year | 2025 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed on a pink and rose polymer substrate and carries a central vignette of the historic Al Jahili Fort with a cannon in the foreground, set against a fine guilloche underprint. To the right, an intaglio portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan appears within a circular frame, accompanied by a signature in Arabic script and his title. The serial number is printed vertically at left and horizontally at upper right, with the UAE national emblem and Arabic inscriptions identifying the issuing authority across the top. |
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| Obverse lettering | مصرف الإمارات العربية المتحدة المركزي ١٠٠ مائة درهم ورقة نقدية مضمونة القيمة بموجب القانون THE EMIRATES |
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The UAE's shift to polymer for the 100 Dirham denomination follows a broader Gulf-region move toward substrate modernization, though the Emirates had maintained cotton-paper issues for this value far longer than some neighboring central banks. Polymer adoption at this denomination level is a deliberate choice — high-value, high-frequency notes take the most abuse in circulation, and the substrate change is driven by durability data rather than aesthetics.
Pick 40 is recent enough that secondary-market pricing remains unsettled.