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1/2 Saidi Rial - Qaboos Gold
| Issuer | Sultanate of Oman |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Value | 1/2 Saidi Rial (1/2 OMS) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the fractional denomination expressed as the large Arabic numeral fraction 1/2 dominating the central field, flanked by two five-pointed stars at the mid-left and mid-right. The Hijri date 1391 appears in Eastern Arabic numerals immediately below the fraction. The Arabic legend 'نصف ريال سعيدي' (Half Saidi Rial) arcs along the upper periphery, while 'سلطنة عمان' (Sultanate of Oman) is inscribed along the lower periphery, all set against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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Issued in the first year of Qaboos bin Said's reign, following the palace coup of July 1970 in which he deposed his father Said bin Taimur with British backing. The elder Sultan had ruled Oman in near-total isolation, banning radios, sunglasses, and foreign travel for his subjects. Qaboos immediately reoriented the state, renamed the country from the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, and commissioned new coinage to signal the break.
The Saidi Rial was itself short-lived as a unit, replaced by the Omani Rial in 1973 at a rate of 1,000 baisa, making this denomination obsolete within two years of striking.