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2 Riyals - Salman
| Issuer | Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 2 Riyals |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic/Latin |
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Saudi Arabia's shift to bimetallic coinage in 2016 accompanied a broader currency reform tied to the Kingdom's Vision 2030 economic restructuring program, which prompted a redesign of the entire circulating series under King Salman, who had ascended the throne in January 2015 following the death of Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. The 2 Riyal denomination had previously existed only as a banknote, making this issue a genuine structural change to how the Saudi monetary system handled that value — not simply a metal substitution.