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United Arab Emirates banknotes
United Arab Emirates paper money catalog and U.A.E. currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • India currency, till 1959
  • Persian Gulf Rupee (Indian) = 100 Paiese, 1959-1966
  • Qatar-Dubai Riyal = 100 Dirham1966-1973
  • UAE Dirhams = (Qatar-Dubai Riyal) = 100 Fils, from 1973

• For earlier issues see:
  • India, till 1959
  • India, -Persian Gulf notes, 1959-1966
  • Qatar and Dubai, 1966-1973

• To purchase UAE banknotes, please check our inventory :
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Pick #	Date
		Sheikhdoms (part of Trucial States British Protectorate 1916-1971)
1-6	(1973)	1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 1.000 dirham
7-11	(1982)	5, 10, 50, 100, 500 dirham
12-18	1989-96	5, 10, 50, 100, 200, 500, 500 dirham
19-25	1997-	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 dirham
26-33	2003-	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000 dirham
34	2018	100 dirham; commemorative "Life of UAE Founding Father Sheikh Zayed"
35	2021	50 dirham; commemorative "50 Anniverary of the Founding UAE"