B237 (PNL): 10 dinars (US$14) Blue and violet. Front: Arabic text; crown as registration device; unknown flowers; Qusayr ‘Amra vaults; King Talal; OVI patch. Back: English text; unknown flowers; Roman amphitheater in Amman; crown as registration device. Solid security thread and windowed security thread with demetalized CBJ 10. Watermark: KingRead More…
B236 (PNL): 5 dinars (US$7.05) Orange, red, and brown. Front: Arabic text; crown as registration device; unknown plant; rock-cut architecture of Al Khazneh (The Treasury) at Petra archaeological site; King Abdullah Bin Al-Hussein; OVI patch. Back: English text; camel caravan flanking detail above pediment of The Treasury; crown as registrationRead More…
Like B546b, but new date (01.12.2022) and blue, not green, windowed security thread. Courtesy of Claude Akl (dekeneh on eBay) and Alex Zlotin.Read More…
B235 (PNL): 1 dinar (US$1.40) Green, brown, red, orange, and violet. Front: Arabic text; crown as registration device; floral ornament; unknown flowering plants in field; Sharif Hussein Bin Ali. Back: English text; Rosefinch of Petra and Rum perched on ground; floral vignettes; crown as registration device. Solid security thread andRead More…
Like B138, but with the issuer’s name as Saudi Central Bank in Arabic on front and English on back. Courtesy of Abdulraheem Alkhiary (KSACurrency.com).Read More…
This note is like the preceding issue (B627a), but with new date, new signature, new printer (without imprint), and chevron ornament added at lower right back. B635 (PNL): 50 Syrian pounds (US$0.05) Blue and tan. Front: Arabic text; Ugarit alphabet on cuneiform clay tablet; ancient writing on cuneiform clay tabletRead More…
B251 (PNL): 1,000 dirhams (US$272) Brown. Front: Arabic text; Emirates logo; Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan; Emirates Mars Mission “Hope Probe;” 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.Read 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…