1000 Dirhams

Issuer United Arab Emirates
Year 2022
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 1000 Dirhams
Currency Dirham (1973-date)
Composition Polymer
Size 163 × 66 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Oumolat Security Printing LLC, United Arab Emirates
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Reference(s) P#W43
Obverse description The obverse side features a portrait of of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan. What makes this portrait special is that it actually comes from a 1976 meeting with NASA space crew from the Apollo 17. The clear windows show Sheikh Zayed and also a space suit. In the background is an image of a spaceship in addition to the HOPE Probe Spacecraft from the Emirates Mars Mission, orbiter satellite and the Tanegashima Space Center located in Japan. It went into orbit in early 2021.
Obverse lettering مصرف الإمارات العربية المتحدة المركزي ألف دراهم ورقة نقدية مضمونة القيمة بموجب القانون الِْإمَارَات THE EMIRATES
(Translation: Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates One Thousand Dirhams Guaranteed Value Banknote by Law)
Reverse description The reverse side features an image of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant which is located in Abu Dhabi. It symbolizes the countries dedication to clean energies.
Reverse lettering Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates 1000 2022 1000 One Thousand Dirhams
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Protection type Watermark
Protection description Portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan on a circular watermark on the right.
Variants January 2, 1911
Numisquare ID 5853342860
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