50 Riyals

Thomas De La Rue printed this series during a period when SAMA was quietly transitioning toward more sophisticated intaglio and optically variable security elements — this note sits at the tail end of the older format before the 2016 polymer overhaul fundamentally changed Saudi currency production. The foil strip placement on P#34 was a deliberate response to regional counterfeiting pressure, particularly the high-quality fakes circulating across the Gulf in the mid-2000s.

Circulated examples from this series frequently show accelerated wear at the folds — the 155 × 70 format concentrates handling stress in predictable places, and cotton stocks from this print run were notably thinner than earlier SAMA issues.