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5 Riyals Saudi Central Bank
| Issuer | Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Composition | Polymer |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a panoramic landscape of terraced mountains set against a field of wildflowers — including white daisies and blue-purple blooms — rendered in soft lithographic colours on a light guilloche background. The numeral '5' appears in large format at both left and right, with 'SAUDI CENTRAL BANK' inscribed in Roman letters along the upper border and 'FIVE RIYALS' along the lower right. An octagonal transparent window with a rosette security motif is positioned at the right, and the year '2024' is printed in Arabic numerals near the centre-right. |
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| Protection description | Transparent polymer window at left of obverse containing an octagonal rosette holographic element; colour-shifting holographic patch integrated into the window area; embedded security thread visible when held to light. |
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The 2024 series marked Saudi Arabia's first shift to polymer for circulating banknotes, a transition that required SAMA to rebrand itself — the institution formally dropped the "Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority" name in 2020, adopting "Saudi Central Bank" to reflect an expanded regulatory mandate. De La Rue has produced Saudi notes since the early kingdom issues, and this 5 Riyal continues that relationship into the polymer era.
Pick 46 is among the earliest assigned references in what will presumably be a complete polymer reissue across denominations. The transparent window is integrated into the substrate rather than applied, which distinguishes it from earlier Saudi security features.