IN PICS: Qatar unveils new currency notes, introduces QR200 for the first time
Dec 13, 2020
Doha
The Qatar Central Bank on Sunday launched the fifth edition of the Qatari riyal, unveiling new notes with improved design and security features. While denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 got a makeover, a new 200 denomination currency note has also been introduced. The new notes will come into circulation on December 18, when the country marks its National Day. On December 18, new notes worth QR8 billion will be in circulation. By the end of this year, new notes worth QR16 billion will be in circulation. And by the end of January 2021 up to QR25 billion new notes will be in circulation.
Tribune News Network
Doha
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Qatar Central Bank to announce launch of new version of currency notes on Sunday
Dec 10, 2020
Doha
The Qatar Central Bank will hold a press conference on Sunday to announce the launch of the fifth issue (new version) of the Qatari currency in circulation, Marsal Qatar said in a tweet on Thursday.
The announcement will coincide with the National Day celebrations, it added.
Until 1966, Qatar used the Indian rupee as its currency, in the form of Gulf rupees. When India devalued the rupee in 1966, Qatar, along with the other states using the Gulf rupee, chose to introduce its own currency. Qatar began issuing the Qatari riyal on May 19, 1973, in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 100, and 500 riyals. A 50-riyal note was issued in 1976.