5 Dirhams

Issuer	United Arab Emirates Currency Board
Year	1973
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Obverse description	Purple on multicolour underprint. The central vignette at left presents a composite scene uniting a traditional dhow under sail, a camel caravan, a palm tree, and an oil derrick, collectively evoking the emirate's maritime, desert, agricultural, and petroleum heritage. Denomination numerals and issuer inscriptions are rendered in both Arabic and English.
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Reverse description	Purple on multicolour underprint. The central vignette presents the historic Fujairah Fort set against an arid landscape with scattered palm trees, executed in fine intaglio engraving within a guilloche border frame. The denomination 'FIVE DIRHAMS' is inscribed below the vignette in a decorative panel, with the numeral '5' repeated at left and right, and issuer legends running along the top margin in both English and Arabic.
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