Saudi riyal
The riyal is the official money used in Saudi Arabia. A shorter name for it is SR (Arabic: ر.س). The riyal is divided into 100 halala (Arabic: هللة).
| Saudi riyal | |||
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| ريال سعودي | |||
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| ISO 4217 Code | SAR | ||
| User(s) |  Saudi Arabia
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| Inflation | 3% (December 2013) | ||
| Source | Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, Jan 2014 est. | ||
| Subunit | |||
| 1⁄100 | halalah | ||
| Symbol | ر.س (Arabic), SR (Latin), ﷼ (Unicode) | ||
| Coins | 0.01, 0.05, 0.10, 0.25, 0.50, 1 riyal, 2 riyals | ||
| Banknotes | 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 riyals | ||
| Central bank | Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority | ||
| Website | www.sama.gov.sa | ||
The riyal has been Saudi Arabia's money since Saudi Arabia became a country. It was the currency of Hejaz before Saudi Arabia was a country.
There are 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 halala coins; and 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, and 500 riyal banknotes.
Exchange rate
The riyal is fixed to be the same as 0.266667 United States dollars.[1][2]