Catalog
25 Dirhams
| Issuer | Qatar and Dubai Currency Board |
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| Year | 1966-1969 |
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| Engraver(s) | Christopher Ironside |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | ٢٥ درهما QATAR AND DUBAI (Translation: 25 Dirhams Qatar and Dubai) |
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The Qatar and Dubai Currency Board was a short-lived monetary authority established in 1966 after the Gulf rupee — issued by India — was abruptly withdrawn following India's devaluation. Qatar and Dubai briefly shared a currency before Dubai joined the UAE dirham system in 1971 and Qatar launched its own riyal. This coin exists precisely because two politically distinct sheikhdoms needed a stopgap solution fast.
The arrangement lasted barely five years.