Due to centuries of trade and usage of the currency, dirham survived through the Ottoman Empire.

All the Trucial States except Abu Dhabi adopted the Qatar and Dubai riyal, which was equal to the Gulf rupee prior to the devaluation.

However, these coins are primarily minted for collectors and commemorative purposes rather than for everyday circulation.So all amounts are rounded up or down to the nearest multiples of 25 fils.

A falcon watermark is present on all dirham notes to prevent fraud.

The 200 dirham denomination is scarce as it was only produced in 1989; any circulating today comes from bank stocks.

[5] On 22 March 2008, The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates released a Dhs 50 note.

[9] On January 28, 1978, the dirham was officially pegged to the IMF's special drawing rights (SDRs).

[11] Since November 1997, the dirham has been pegged to the US dollar at a rate of US$1 = Dhs 3.6725,[12] which translates to approximately Dh 1 = US$0.272294.