The Banknotes of Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (1952-present)

SAMA B2a P4	10 Riyals 1373 (18.5.1954)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B3a P2	1 Riyal 1375 (10.1955)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B5a P6	1 Riyal 1379 (15.6.1961)
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B6a P7a	5 Riyals 1379 (15.6.1961)
Red serial numbers. Signature 1. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B6c P7b	5 Riyals (23.9.1963)
Signature 2. Red serial numbers. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

SAMA B7a P8a	10 Riyals 1379 (15.6.1961)
Signature 1. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B7b P8b	10 Riyals 1379 (23.9.1963)
Signature 2. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B8a P9a	50 Riyals 1379 (15.6.1961)
Signature 1. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B10a P11a	1 Riyal L.1379 (14.2.1968)
Signature 2. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B10b P11b	1 Riyal L.1379 (1.3.1976)
Signature 3. Images courtesy Ron Wise

SAMA B11a P12a	5 Riyals L.1379 (14.2.1968)
Signature 2. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B12a P13a	10 Riyals L.1379 (14.2.1968)
Signature 2. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B13a P14a	50 Riyals L.1379 (14.2.1968)
Signature 2. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B14a P15a	100 Riyals L.1379 (14.2.1968)
Signature 2. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B15a P16	1 Riyal L.1379 (10.10.1976)
Signature 4. Images courtesy Ron Wise

SAMA B16a P17a	5 Riyals L.1379 (10.10.1976)
Signature 4. Incorrect text at lower center on front (see below). Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B16b P17b	5 Riyals L.1379 (10.10.1976)
Signature 4. Correct text at lower center on front (see appendix below). Images courtesy Ron Wise

SAMA B17a P18	10 Riyals L.1379 (10.10.1976)
Signature 4. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B18a P19	50 Riyals L.1379 (10.10.1976)
Signature 4. Signatures 70 mm apart (serial number prefixes 6-47). Images courtesy Ron Wise

SAMA B18b P19	50 Riyals L.1379 (10.10.1976)
Signature 4. Signatures 60 mm apart (serial number prefixes 99-199). Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B19b P20	100 Riyals L.1379 (10.10.1976)
Signature 4. Signatures 60 mm apart (serial number prefixes 61-357). Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B20d P21d	1 Riyal L.1379 (5.1.1984)
Signature 6. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

SAMA B21c P22c	5 Riyals L.1379 (5.1.1984)
Signature 5, without "acting" in title. Corrected text on front. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B21d P22d	5 Riyals L.1379 (5.1.1984)
Signature 6. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

SAMA B22c P23c	10 Riyals L.1379 (5.1.1984)
Signature 5, without "acting" in title. Corrected text on front. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B22d P23d	10 Riyals L.1379 (5.1.1984)
Signature 6. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

SAMA B23b P24b	50 Riyals L.1379 (5.1.1984)
Signature 5. Correct spelling of "Monetary". Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B23c P24c	50 Riyals L.1379 (5.1.1984)
Signature 6. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

SAMA B24b P25a	100 Riyals L.1379 (5.1.1984)
Signature 5, without "acting" in title. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B25d P26d	500 Riyals L.1379 (5.1.1984)
Signature 6. Corrected text on front. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B26a P27	20 Riyals 1419 (23.1.1999)
Signature 6. 100 year anniversary of Saudi Kingdom commemorative. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

SAMA B27a P28	200 Riyals 1419 (23.1.1999)
Signature 6. 100 year anniversary of Saudi Kingdom commemorative. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

SAMA B28a P29	100 Riyals 1424 / 2003
Signature 6. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

SAMA B29a P30	500 Riyals 1424 / 2003
Signature 6. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

SAMA B30a P31	1 Riyal 1428 / 2007
Signature 6. Images courtesy Ron Wise

SAMA B31a P32	5 Riyals 1428 / 2007
Signature 6. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

SAMA B32a P33	10 Riyals 1428 / 2007
Signature 6. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

SAMA B33a P35	50 Riyals 1428 / 2007
Signature 6. Images courtesy Ron Wise

SAMA B34a P36	100 Riyals 1428 / 2007
Signature 6. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

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