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500 Dirhams
| Issuer | Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 500 Dirhams |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a large central vignette of a mosque with multiple domes and minarets rendered in intaglio, occupying the centre-right of the note. A standing falcon is shown to the left of the mosque. The bank name UNITED ARAB EMIRATES CENTRAL BANK is printed in English across the top, with the denomination FIVE HUNDRED DIRHAMS along the bottom. Numeral 500 appears in the upper left corner and in a dark panel at the lower right, set against a fine guilloche background in muted blue and purple tones. |
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| Protection description | Falcon head watermark; embedded security thread |
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The 1993 series was the UAE's third definitive issue and consolidated the Central Bank's authority after the earlier Currency Board notes of the 1970s. At 500 dirhams, this was the highest denomination in general circulation — the 1000-dirham note would not appear until the following series. Thomas De La Rue handled the entire run, as they had for the preceding issue, maintaining continuity in printing quality through a period when Gulf state currencies were under considerable pressure from regional instability following the 1990–91 Gulf War.
The security thread on this denomination is a simple metallic type without the windowed or demetallized features De La Rue would introduce on later UAE issues.