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50 Riyals
| Issuer | Qatar Monetary Agency |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The Qatar state arms — a circle enclosing a dhow and palm tree set within an elaborate guilloche rosette — occupies the right portion of the note. Arabic inscriptions at upper centre read the issuer name, with the denomination in Arabic numerals and script at centre, all set against a blue and multicolour arabesque underprint with ornate scrollwork borders. A signature identified in Arabic as the Minister of Finance appears below the central denomination text. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Qatar Monetary Agency was itself a transitional institution — established in 1973 after Qatar withdrew from the Currency Board arrangement it had shared with Dubai, and replaced in 1993 by the Qatar Central Bank. This note falls squarely in the middle of that interregnum period, when Qatar was still building the legal and institutional framework around oil revenues that were, by 1976, already transforming the peninsula at speed.
Bradbury Wilkinson had printed security documents for Gulf states going back decades by this point, and their New Malden facility handled the full production run. The watermark is the sole security thread on P#4 — no metal strip, no UV features — which reflects the period norm for the region rather than any particular cost decision.