Catalog
25 Dirhams
| Issuer | Qatar Central Bank |
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| Year | 2000-2003 |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the old emblem of Qatar featuring a traditional dhow under sail navigating stylised waves alongside an island bearing two palm trees, rendered in low relief. The legend arching along the upper periphery gives the Hijri and Gregorian dual dates, while the lower legend reads 'State of Qatar' in Arabic. The design is contained within a plain border with no additional ornamental devices. |
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| Obverse lettering | ١٤٢٤ - ٢٠٠٣ دولَة قطَر (Translation: 2003 - 1424 State of Qatar) |
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Qatar's 25 dirham piece circulated through a period when the riyal's peg to the US dollar — fixed at 3.64 since 1980 — was under no particular pressure, making these coins workhorses of everyday commerce rather than artifacts of monetary drama. The Central Bank absorbed the Gulf Cooperation Council's broader push toward coinage standardization in this period, though Qatar retained its own designs rather than adopting a unified GCC issue, a proposal that ultimately went nowhere.