According to a press release, on 2 June 2019 the Central Bank of Oman introduced a newly enhanced 50-rial note with additional security features. The new note bears the same date and signature as the preceding issue (B235a) introduced in 2012, but now has a Varifeye CC Patch instead of varifeye thread, a RollingStar windowed security thread, and a SPARK Live Truspin crown.