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1000 Dirhams

Issuer Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates
Year 2022
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Printer Oumolat Security Printing LLC, United Arab Emirates
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Reverse description The reverse presents a detailed vignette of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant situated in Abu Dhabi, rendered against a geometric guilloche underprint, symbolising the UAE's commitment to sustainable and clean energy. The denomination numeral and issuing authority inscription appear in both Arabic and English, with the year 2022 integrated into the design.
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Protection type Watermark, Polymer window
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The UAE's decision to print its own banknotes domestically through Oumolat Security Printing LLC marks a deliberate shift away from the foreign security printers — De La Rue, Giesecke+Devrient — that handled earlier series. Oumolat, established in Abu Dhabi, was specifically built to give the UAE full in-house control over its currency production, a capability few countries in the Gulf possess.

The move to polymer for the 1000 Dirham denomination is notable. At the top of any circulating series, high-denomination notes see less daily handling but more scrutiny, and polymer's resistance to soiling and folding suits the way such notes actually move — through bank tellers and formal exchanges rather than pockets.

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