DOHA: Qatar has coins of various denominations in circulation with its riyal currency notes.
The coins commonly seen in circulation are of 50 and 25 dirhams (100 dirhams make a riyal).
But also in circulation are coins of one, five and 10 dirhams, although they are rarely seen.
Yesterday, one of our colleagues went to a major retail store to buy something and a saleswoman handed him a toffee instead of returning him 25 dirhams of change. The colleague insisted on 25 dirhams and made it known he wouldn’t settle for anything else.
"I put my foot down and demanded 25 dirhams back. I refused to accept the toffee,” the colleague said. He was pleasantly surprised when the saleswoman, though a bit reluctantly, handed him five copper-coloured brand-new and shining coins of five dirhams each.
The Peninsula
