Moneda (Currency)

El "Dirham" es la moneda de los Emiratos Arabes. Un dirham equivale a 3.6 dolares americanos. Los billetes vienen en denominaciones de of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, and 1000 dirhams. El frente es escrito en Arabe y el reverso en Ingles. Entre mas grande la denominacion del billete, mas grande es el billete en terminos de tamaño.

Las monedas son diferentes, no tienen el numero en ingles, pero es "facil" de identificar ya que como los billetes entre mas grande la denominacion, mas grande es la moneda. Ademas, solo hay 3 tipos de monedas: 25 y 50 fils, y 1 dirham. Un dirham son 100 fils.

Con tantas denominaciones de billetes ha sido un poco lento el proceso de reconocer cada billete rapidamente cuando me dan vueltas o tengo que pagar. Especialmente porque me dicen las cantidades en arabe, y me entregan los billetes del lado arabe, asi que me toca voltearlos, mirar el numero y contar.

The "Dirham" is the currency of the UAE. One dirham is equivalent to 3.6 US dollars. The bills come in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, and 1000 dirhams. The obverse is written in Arabic; and the reverse is in English. The larger the denomination, the larger the size of the bill.

The coins are a little bit different. They do not have the number in English. However, it is "easy" to identify the coin since the larger the denomination, the larger the coin, and there are only three types: 25 and 50 fils and 1 dirham. One dirham is 100 fils.

With so many bill denominations, the process of recognizing bills quickly at the moment of paying or getting change has been a little bit slow. Especially because they say the amount in Arabic and give the bills showing the Arabic side, so I have to flip them, look at the number and count.