During the past few days, the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) launched a wide awareness campaign through its branches located in Kingdom. The campaign aims to introduce the public and educate them about the security signs in the Saudi currency with its paper denominations, methods of verification, and the auxiliary tools through which to know the original currency, by distributing a number of tools on the shops.

                This step confirms the interest paid by SAMA to spread the culture of knowledge awareness among cash traders with the importance of the national currency and its circulation at all levels. SAMA distributed tools which can help identify security signs of an original currency. These tools included devices of optical currency detectors that work with ultraviolet rays, in addition to special optical pens which helps to know the original banknote. This campaign, which targets the popular and seasonal cash markets, elderly sellers and shopkeepers, is part of SAMA's continuous efforts to organize awareness and educational campaigns among the public. Through which it seeks to raise awareness of the characteristics of the national currency and the apparent security signs to identify the sound paper, and how to differentiate it from the false paper.

                It is worth noting that SAMA is keen throughout all its currency issuances to include the best and strongest security signs and technical characteristics that are difficult to forge and pass them on to traders. In addition it designed its publications of various metal and paper denominations according to the latest technologies and international standards that befit the position of the Kingdom's currency and the leading position of the institution Cash, which reinforces the establishment of confidence in the durability and safety of the Saudi riyal.

 

 

 

 

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