500 Riyals

500 Riyals - obverse500 Riyals - reverse

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Features

Issuer Saudi Arabia
Issuing entity Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency
King Fahd bin Abdulaziz (1982-2005)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1983
Value 500 Riyals
500 SAR = USD 133
Currency Riyal (1960-date)
Composition Paper
Size 166 × 74 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
216661
References P# 26
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

On the left side we see the Ka'aba, which is a building at the center of Islam's most important mosque, "The Great Mosque of Mecca", in the Hezjazi city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Above it we see the name of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency written in Arabic.
Below it we see the serial number and the signature of the governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency.

Near the center we see the portrait of late King Abdulaziz Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud and below it the words Five Hundred Riyals written in Arabic.

To the right we see the serial number and the date of the Royal Decree pursuant to which it was issued and the name of King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. Below that is the water mark, which has the signature of the Minister of Finance at the bottom.

Reverse

In the center we see a view that features the Holy Mosque of Mecca, commonly known as al-Masjid al-Ḥarām. The mosque surrounds the Ka'aba in the city of Mecca, in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia.

In the right bottom we see the emblem of the kingdom.

Lettering:
500
Saudi Arabian
Monetary Agency
500
Five 500 Hundred Riyals

Watermark

The portrait of King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.
Electrotype '500'.

Printer

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

Comments

Signature 5: Hammad Saud al-Sayyari & Muhammad Ali Aba Al-Khail

Signature 6: Hammad Saud al-Sayyari & Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Assaf


Signature with acting in title:


Incorrect and correct spelling:

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1983)  P#26a Incorrect Five Hundred Riyals at lower centre. Signature 5 with acting title
ND (1983)  P#26b Correct Five Hundred Riyals at lower centre. Signature 5 with acting title
ND (1983)  P#26c Correct Five Hundred Riyals at lower centre. Signature 5 without acting title
ND (1983)  P#26d Signature 6
ND (1983)  P#26s Specimen

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Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 500 RiyalsPicture 1 of a sold 500 Riyals
Katz
Auction 68
Lot 382
Internet Archive
8 Oct 2022 Undetermined USD 389.42
(EUR 361.00)
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