Currency: Qatar-Dubai Riyal 

Issuer: Qatar and Dubai Currency Board

Exchange Rate Regime: Fixed rate of exchange against the Pound Sterling, and then against the USD, equivalent to 0.186621 grams of fine gold per Riyal.

Exchange Rate:

- 13.3333 Riyals per Pound Sterling over the period Sep1966-Nov 1967

- 11.7647 Riyals per Pound Sterling over the period Nov 1967-Aug 1971

- 3.93 – 3.99 Riyals per USD over the period Aug 1971-May 1973

Period of circulation: 18 September 1966 – 19 May 1973.

Currency denominations: One-Hundred Riyals, Fifty Riyals, Twenty-Five Riyals, Ten Riyals, Five Riyals, and One Riyal.

Coin denominations: Fifty Dirhams, Twenty-Five Dirhams, Ten Dirhams, Five Dirhams, and One Dirham (100 Dirhams = One Riyal).

"1" Qatar-Dubai Riyal

"5" Qatar-Dubai Riyals

"10" Qatar-Dubai Riyals

"25" Qatar-Dubai Riyals

"50" Qatar-Dubai Riyals

"100" Qatar-Dubai Riyals

History of Currency Circulation in Qatar