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1000 Dirhams
| Issuer | Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Currency | Dirham (1973-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a vignette of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the portrait derived from a 1976 meeting with NASA Apollo 17 crew members, visible through a clear polymer window alongside a space suit figure. The background underprint incorporates the Emirates Mars Mission Hope Probe spacecraft, an orbiting satellite, and imagery referencing the Tanegashima Space Center, composing a tribute to the UAE's space exploration achievements. Arabic and English inscriptions of the issuing authority and denomination frame the design. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a detailed vignette of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant situated in Abu Dhabi, rendered against a geometric guilloche underprint, symbolising the UAE's commitment to sustainable and clean energy. The denomination numeral and issuing authority inscription appear in both Arabic and English, with the year 2022 integrated into the design. |
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The UAE's decision to print its own banknotes domestically through Oumolat Security Printing LLC marks a deliberate shift away from the foreign security printers — De La Rue, Giesecke+Devrient — that handled earlier series. Oumolat, established in Abu Dhabi, was specifically built to give the UAE full in-house control over its currency production, a capability few countries in the Gulf possess.
The move to polymer for the 1000 Dirham denomination is notable. At the top of any circulating series, high-denomination notes see less daily handling but more scrutiny, and polymer's resistance to soiling and folding suits the way such notes actually move — through bank tellers and formal exchanges rather than pockets.