B253 (PNL): 1,000 dirhams (US$272) Brown. Front: Arabic text; Emirates logo; Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan; NASA space shuttle on launch pad; rosette as registration device. Back: English text; rosette; Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi. Kinegram foil stripe with astronaut. Watermark: None. Printer: (Oumolat Security Printing). DimensionsRead More…
On 9 November 2022, the Central Bank of Qatar unveiled a 22-riyal polymer note commemorating the 2022 FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) World Cup taking place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022. The strange denomination is an homage to the 22nd World Cup, which coincidentally occursRead More…
B302 (PNL): 1,000,000 rials (US$24) Blue and red. Front: Farsi text; denomination as puzzle number registration device; Shrine of Fatima Masumeh in Qom. Back: English and Farsi text; unknown oil refinery; denomination as puzzle number; 100 in gold-to-green SPARK. 2.5-mm gold-to-green windowed security thread with demetalized I. R. IRAN. SolidRead More…
Like B233a, but new signatures (Al-Hashel/Unknown). Courtesy of Jean-Luc Chatelain.Read More…
Like B633a, but new signatures (Yaghi/Karfoul) and new date (2021). Courtesy of Alex Zlotin and beirut-banknotes on eBay.Read More…
This note is like the preceding issue (B629a), but with new date, new signature, new printer (without imprint), and octogon ornament added at lower right back. B635 (PNL): 200 Syrian pounds (US$0.15)Tan and green. Front: Arabic text; Baz al-Kilaniya noria (waterwheel) of Hama on the Orontes River. Back: English text;Read More…
Like B220a, but new signatures (Al-Thani/Al-Kuwari) and new date (2022). Courtesy of David Murcek (The Monetary Unit on eBay).Read More…
Like B219a, but new signatures (Al-Thani/Al-Kuwari) and new date (2022). Courtesy of Jerôme Deschamps.Read More…
Like B221a, but new signatures (Al-Thani/Al-Kuwari) and new date (2022). Courtesy of Jerôme Deschamps.Read More…
Like B409a, but new date (2022). Courtesy of Jerôme Deschamps.Read More…