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100 Dirhams
| Issuer | Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Size | 155 × 66 mm |
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| Obverse description | Executed in pink and red tones on polymer substrate, the obverse centers on a guilloche oval enclosing a vignette of Umm Al Quwain Fort, with ornamental cannon and cannonball arrangements in the foreground and the Hijri year 1446 inscribed above. A circular portrait medallion of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan occupies the right field, accompanied by a floral rosette optically variable device, while a transparent windowed security strip with optically variable numerals runs along the left margin. A stylized UAE flag motif with the inscription 'THE EMIRATES' appears at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, rendered in pink and lavender tones, presents a panoramic elevated vignette of the Port of Fujairah at center, with an Etihad Rail passenger train traversing a viaduct across the foreground. A circular portrait medallion of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is positioned at upper left beside a floral rosette optically variable device, and a transparent windowed security strip at right carries tower imagery with optically variable numerical elements. The denomination numeral '100' appears in violet at upper right and in deep red at lower left. |
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The 2025 issue marks the UAE's first domestic production of a circulating polymer banknote, printed by Oumolat Security Printing LLC — a facility established specifically to bring currency manufacturing onshore and reduce dependence on foreign security printers. That shift is the real story here. Gulf states have historically contracted printing to De La Rue, Giesecke+Devrient, or similar European houses; moving production to Abu Dhabi is a deliberate strategic decision, not a routine retooling.
Safeguard™ polymer substrate, developed by CCL Secure, is the same platform used by the Australian and Canadian series.