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50 Dirhams
| Issuer | Qatar Central Bank |
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| Year | 1973-1998 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel (74.50% copper, 25.25% nickel) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a traditional Arabian dhow under full sail navigating stylized waves, flanked to the right by two tall palm trees rendered in fine relief. The composition evokes Qatar's maritime heritage and natural landscape. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner border. The Hijri and Gregorian dual dates are inscribed in Arabic-Eastern numerals along the upper arc of the field. The Arabic legend 'دولة قطر' (State of Qatar) curves along the lower arc of the coin. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Qatar's first independent coinage, introduced following the country's separation from the Bahrain and Qatar Currency Board arrangement in 1973, was designed to assert financial autonomy after decades of shared Gulf monetary infrastructure. The Currency Board's riyal had itself only replaced the Indian rupee in 1966, meaning Qatar cycled through three distinct monetary systems in under a decade.
The KM#5 type ran largely unchanged for 25 years — an unusually long production span that reflects the political stability of the Al Thani government and minimal pressure to reissue.