Pictures of the new 1/2 Riyal

Without any announcement Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) released the new 1/2 Riyal, it replaces the old coin, with special technologically advanced features, like UOO (Use Only Once), and WCAC (Who Cares About Consumers)

Old 1/2 Riyal photo:

New currency photo:

Seriously SAMA I am sick of shops handing me a chewing gum instead of 1/2 Riyal, and you have to do something about it, my suggestions (some of them not related to SAMA):

• Invent new paper 1/2 Riyal
• Replace the paper 1 Riyal, with a coin only version so people and shops force to use coins.
• Force shops to have “charity” chewing gum, it could be piece of paper not real gum, so when you buy it, benefits directed to charities.

Calculations:

• Number of transactions in a super market per day: 4000
• Number of transactions with chewing gum: 2000
• Charity chewing gum value: 1000 SR
• Charity chewing gum value per year : 365,000 SR

UPDATE:

Mr. Saleh Alshehe wrote an article in Alwatan newspaper talking about the same issue.