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100 Dirhams
| Issuer | Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates |
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| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of Al Fahidi Fort at right, rendered in intaglio against a pink and orange guilloche underprint; the UAE state arms appear at upper centre, with Arabic inscriptions identifying the issuing authority and denomination. Two signatures appear at lower centre, with the serial number printed vertically at left and horizontally at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | A perched falcon occupies the left portion of the note, with a vignette of the Dubai World Trade Centre tower and surrounding plaza extending across the centre. The denomination '100' appears in numeral form at upper left and lower right corners, with the bank name and value inscribed in English along the upper and lower margins respectively. |
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The P#23 series was introduced as the UAE moved to standardize its post-unification currency architecture in the late 1990s. De La Rue's involvement here is consistent with their dominant position supplying Gulf state currencies during this period, though the UAE had already begun the gradual process of building domestic printing capacity that would later reduce that dependency.
The 1998 date places this note in a relatively short window before the next design generation arrived. Circulated examples from this issue tend to show heavy soiling along the horizontal fold lines — a known characteristic of high-denomination notes that see genuine transactional use in cash-heavy retail economies.