A brief history of the UAE currency, born almost 50 years ago – The National

  • Date: 27-May-2022
  • Source: The National
  • Sector:Financial Markets
  • Country:UAE
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A brief history of the UAE currency, born almost 50 years ago – The National

Money in the UAE is about far more than material wealth.

A clock tower and police fort in Sharjah. A bird's eye view of Umm Al Quwain. The Ruler's palace in Ajman. A harbour in Ras Al Khaimah.

These were some of the images displayed on the UAE's first-issue banknotes, which came into being on May 19, 1973, nearly two years after the nation was unified.