50 Dirhams

Issuer	United Arab Emirates Currency Board
Year	1973
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Currency	Dirham (1973-date)
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Obverse description	Central circular vignette at left contains a dhow under sail, a camel caravan, a palm tree, and an oil derrick, set against a fine guilloche underprint in pink and yellow tones. The denomination '50' appears in large numerals at both left and right margins, with Arabic text giving the issuer name and value across the upper and centre fields. Two signature lines in Arabic script appear at lower centre, with the serial number printed twice in red at upper right and lower left.
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Reverse description	Central vignette shows a multi-storey colonial-style palace building with an adjoining round watchtower, set amid trees and identified as the Sheikh's palace at Ajman. A falcon vignette occupies the left field within a circular frame, while the names of all seven emirates are inscribed in a band along the upper border on each side. The English legends 'UNITED ARAB EMIRATES CURRENCY BOARD' and 'FIFTY DIRHAMS' appear at top and bottom centre respectively, with the numeral '50' at each upper corner.
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