Five Saudi Riyals Banknote

Country: Saudi Arabia
Issuer: Saudi Central Bank
Issue year: 2017
Type: Horizontal note
Material: Paper
Size: 145 × 66 mm
Signature: Ahmed Abdulkarim Alkholifey, paired with Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan
Serial: A 3 1 4 4 2 7 1 9 2

The story

The front shows the Shaybah oil field in the Empty Quarter beside King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and the back shows mountains with a flower field and the national emblem. The sixth issue was released under King Salman with the slogan “Confidence and Security”. The flower field shows plants that grow in the Kingdom, set against the desert oil scene on the front.

Front

Portrait of King Salman bin Abdulaziz in a white ghutra with a black agal, Shaybah oil refinery in the Rub’ al Khali (Empty Quarter) with an Aramco logo on a storage tank, Arabic issuer name “Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority”, Arabic line about the King’s reign and royal decree, geometric Islamic rosette with a hollow watermark area at left, small gold circle pattern, Hijri date, signatures of the Governor and the Minister of Finance with their printed names

Back

Field of wild flowers (daisy-like blooms, pink flowers, purple flower spikes) in front of a mountain range, gold crossed swords and palm tree emblem of Saudi Arabia, geometric Arabic border patterns, text “Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority” in English with a repeated microtext line