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50 Dirhams UAE's Year of the 50th celebrations
| Issuer | Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a vignette of the seven founding fathers of the United Arab Emirates gathered around the union document at the moment of its signing, with the UAE flag displayed to their right; identified from left to right as Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed (Ras Al Khaimah), Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed (Sharjah), Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed (Dubai), Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan (Abu Dhabi), Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid (Ajman), Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad (Fujairah), and Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmed II (Umm Al Quwain). Above the group portrait rises the Wahat Al Karama martyrs' memorial, rendered as a central architectural vignette in the upper register. Arabic and English inscriptions occupy the upper and lower margins, with the denomination stated in Arabic script. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a scene of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in the act of signing the union document, rendered as a historical vignette in warm tones against a structured guilloche underprint. The Etihad (Union) Museum in Dubai is referenced as the institutional context of this founding moment, with the full English name and denomination of the issuing authority inscribed along the upper and lower borders. |
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The UAE's 50th anniversary note is among the first polymer issues from Oumolat Security Printing LLC, a joint venture established specifically to bring banknote production onshore — previously, UAE currency had been printed abroad. That shift was itself a deliberate expression of industrial ambition tied to the jubilee year, and the polymer substrate was chosen in part to showcase the facility's capabilities with a materially demanding format.
TBB#253 remains lightly collected outside the Gulf. Its long-term secondary market behavior will depend almost entirely on whether the Central Bank continues with polymer or reverts to cotton paper for future issues.