100 Riyals QAT Banknote (1973 Issue) 1973

100 Riyals Qatari Riyal (Issued 1973)

The 100 Riyals note issued in 1973 by the Qatar Monetary Agency represents one of the earliest pieces of independent Qatari monetary history, produced shortly after Qatar established its own currency following independence in 1971. Rather than featuring a royal portrait, this note centres its design on the emblematic palm tree and dhow motif of the Qatari state seal, reflecting the newly sovereign nation’s identity through symbolic imagery rooted in its heritage. The note circulated during a period of extraordinary economic transformation for Qatar as oil revenues reshaped the Gulf region. It has since been withdrawn from circulation and replaced by subsequent series issued by the Qatar Central Bank.

On the front, the note is printed predominantly in shades of olive green, pale red, and cream, with an intricate guilloché background of interlacing arabesque and floral patterns that fill the entire field of the note. At the centre-right, a detailed circular vignette displays the Qatar state emblem — a palm tree flanked by two crossed swords within a circular cartouche — rendered in fine intaglio engraving and surrounded by an elaborate lace-like guilloché rosette. The issuing authority’s name is inscribed across the top in ornate Arabic script reading مؤسسة النقد القطري, identifying the Qatar Monetary Agency. The denomination مائة ريال, meaning one hundred riyals, appears prominently in large Arabic text at the centre of the note. The serial number, rendered in both Arabic-Eastern and Western numerals as ١/٤٥٦٣٢٩, appears twice — once at the upper left and once at the lower right — in red ink. The numeral 100 appears in the lower-left corner in Western numerals. Two Arabic signature panels appear beneath the central text, one accompanied by a title reading وزير المالية, meaning Minister of Finance, and the other carrying an additional authorising inscription. The overall border is composed of flowing decorative scrollwork with stylised bird or falcon motifs at the upper corners, rendered in red and green against the cream ground.

The reverse is printed in tones of brown, pink, and cream, and carries the issuing authority’s name in full English text at the top: THE QATAR MONETARY AGENCY, flanked on either side by the numeral 100. Dominating the left-hand portion of the reverse is an engraved architectural vignette depicting a large, modernist multi-storey government building with a grid-like façade of windows, rendered in fine line engraving against a plain background. This building is understood to represent one of Qatar’s early government or financial institutions constructed during the nation’s rapid development in the early 1970s. To the right of the building, two crossed ceremonial daggers or swords appear as a central decorative motif, again evoking Qatari national symbolism. Flanking these central elements are ornate botanical and floral scroll patterns in dark brown engraving, including stylised flower heads and curling foliage at both the left and right margins. The denomination ONE HUNDRED RIYALS is printed in English along the lower portion of the note, with the numeral 100 repeated in each lower corner. The overall reverse composition balances architectural realism with decorative arabesque elements in a restrained but dignified layout.

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