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5 Riyals
| Issuer | Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Value | 5 Riyals |
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| Reverse description | The Saudi Arabian coat of arms — a palm tree above two crossed swords — occupies the central vignette, set within a decorative architectural frame against a pink and blue guilloche underprint. The English legend SAUDI ARABIAN MONETARY AGENCY runs across the top margin, with FIVE RIYALS at the right, and Arabic signature inscription below the central design. |
| Reverse lettering | SAUDI ARABIAN MONETARY AGENCY FIVE RIYALS بلغ في عهد جلالة الملك سعود بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود والي المملكة العربية السعودية |
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Saudi Arabia's first true national banknote series — the Haj pilgrim receipts of the early 1950s aside — this note was issued under the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, established in 1952 partly at American prompting to manage the kingdom's oil revenues without establishing a conventional interest-bearing central bank, a compromise with religious objections that shaped the agency's mandate for decades. De La Rue produced the series to a high standard, as expected, but the real constraint was political: any imagery had to clear strict Islamic guidelines, which pushed the design toward architectural and geometric solutions unusual for the period.
The Pick 7 series is frequently found with horizontal fold lines consistent with storage in traditional Saudi dress — field wear, essentially.