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500 Riyals
| Issuer | Qatar Central Bank |
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| Year | 2007 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | مصرف قطر المركزي خمسمائة ريال وورق نقدي رضمونة القيمة القانوني بموجب صحيفة القانون وزير المالية المحافظ |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a large intaglio vignette of a Saker falcon's head and shoulders at centre-right, set against an elaborate geometric Islamic latticework border in blue and white. To the left, a detailed architectural vignette shows the Qatar Central Bank building surrounded by palm trees, rendered in multicolour intaglio. The issuer's name Qatar Central Bank is printed in bold Latin script at upper left, with the value numerals 500 at lower left and the English legend Five Hundred Riyals at lower right. |
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Qatar Central Bank's 2007 series was the first issued under that institutional name following the 2006 rebrand from Qatar Monetary Agency — a distinction with real consequence for collectors since the two parallel series share some design DNA but differ in issuing authority text. The 500 Riyal sits at the top of that series as the highest denomination.
Thomas De La Rue printed the note in London, as they have handled Qatari currency production across multiple series. The color-shifting ink on this denomination is applied to a specific numeral panel, a feature typically reserved for the top value in any given series and notably absent from lower denominations in the same 2007 issue.