HISTORY OF SAUDI RIYAL-----ر.س

SAUDI RIYALS HISTORY:-

INTRODUCTION TO SAUDI RIYAL:-

Riyal is the only given to those currencies of various countries lying in the Arabian region consisting of following countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Yemen. among all riyal one of the most important and most traded riyal currencies of the countries mentioned below is the Saudi riyal that is the national currency of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Saudi riyal is usually denoted by the sign SR in English. The ISO 4217 currency code for the currency is SAR and given the numeric code of 682. The subunit of Saudi riyal is "hallalah".

The saudi riyal is the official currency of saudia arabia.It is abbreviated as or SR(saudi riyal).It is further divided into 100 halala

The riyal was the official currency of Saudi Arabia from the time when the country came in to creation and this was the currency of Hejaz before being official currency of saudia arabia. The Hejaz riyal was equivalent to the Ottoman 20 kuruş coin and was consequently divided into 20 ghirsh.

APPEARENCE OF SAUDI RIYAL:-

*** 1 Saudi riyal note is Dark brown and orange in colour.

*** 5 riyal note is Dark purple,some part blue and brown in colour.

*** 10 riyal note is Dark Grey, brown and partially purple in colour.

*** 20 riyal note is Grey, brown, blue and with some red colour.


*** 50 riyal note is Green, gray and blue in colour.

*** 100 riyal note is Green, purple and blue in colour.

*** 200 riyal note is Green, red, gray and brown in colour.

*** 500 riyal note is Blue, green and grey in colour.