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100 Dirhams
| Issuer | United Arab Emirates Currency Board |
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| Year | 1973 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Olive-green intaglio print on a multicolour guilloche underprint. The left-centre vignette groups a traditional dhow at sea, a camel caravan, a palm tree, and an oil derrick into a composite scene evoking the UAE's maritime heritage and petroleum-era development. Denomination numerals and bilingual Arabic and English inscriptions are framed within ornate guilloche cartouches at each corner of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES CURRENCY BOARD ONE HUNDRED DIRHAMS 100 AJMAN ABU-DHABI DUBAI SHARJAH RAS AL KHAIMA UMM AL QIWAIN FUJEIRA RAS AL KHAIMA AJMAN ABU-DHABI DUBAI SHARJAH AJMAN UMM AL QIWAIN FUJEIRA ABU-DHABI SHARJAH DE LA RUE |
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The UAE Currency Board notes of 1973 were among the first emissions following the federation's consolidation of monetary policy — the dirham itself had only replaced the Qatar and Dubai riyal in 1973, making this a first-year issue for an entirely new currency. Thomas De La Rue handled the work, as they did for much of the Gulf region during this period when newly independent states were establishing independent monetary infrastructure in rapid succession.
The 100 dirham denomination is the highest in this inaugural series. P#5 is considerably scarcer than the lower values; high-denomination notes from this issue saw limited retail circulation and were frequently repatriated by banks rather than worn through public hands.