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1000 Dirhams
| Issuer | Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates |
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| Year | 2006-2016 |
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| Value | 1000 Dirhams |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a sweeping panoramic vignette of the Abu Dhabi city skyline, with a cluster of modern high-rise towers reflected over the waterfront, executed in fine intaglio line work in blue-green tones. To the left stands a large intaglio vignette of a Peregrine falcon, a national symbol, perched on a decorative column against a guilloche background of interlaced geometric patterns. The issuing authority's name in English arches across the top, with the denomination numerals in dark maroon at both upper corners and the English legend ONE THOUSAND DIRHAMS at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | 1000 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES CENTRAL BANK 1000 ONE THOUSAND DIRHAMS 1000 |
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The 1000 dirham note is the highest denomination in regular UAE circulation, and its existence reflects the emirate system's tolerance for large-denomination cash transactions that most Western central banks have quietly phased out. Introduced in this format as part of a series refresh, P#33 carries a windowed security thread — a feature Giesecke & Devrient had been pushing into Gulf currency contracts during the mid-2000s, as regional central banks upgraded against increasingly sophisticated counterfeiting.
Cotton substrate on a note this size, at this value, was a deliberate choice over polymer — the UAE has consistently resisted the polymer shift that neighbors like Bahrain briefly explored.