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50 Dirhams
| Issuer | Qatar Central Bank |
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| Year | 1973-1998 |
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| Currency | Riyal (1973-date) |
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| Reverse description | The denomination '٥٠' (50) in large Arabic-Eastern numerals dominates the central field, with the Arabic word 'درهماً' (Dirhams) inscribed immediately below in a smaller but bold typeface. The numeral and denomination legend are framed by a decorative border of alternating crescent-shaped ornaments and pellets arranged in a circle, lending an elegant Islamic geometric character to the design. The Latin legend 'STATE OF QATAR' is inscribed along the lower periphery in serif capital letters, providing bilingual identification of the issuing state. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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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.