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1/4 Rial - Qaboos Samail Fort
| Issuer | Central Bank of Oman |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central effigy of Sultan Qaboos bin Said in left-facing bust portrait, wearing a traditional Omani turban and a decorated collar garment. The portrait is rendered in high relief with fine detailing of facial features including a trimmed beard. A circular Arabic legend surrounds the effigy, reading along the upper and lower periphery of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | صاحب الجلالة السلطان قابوس بن سعيد سلطان عمان (Translation: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Sultan of Oman) |
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Issued as part of Oman's first major commemorative silver series following Sultan Qaboos bin Said's 1970 coup against his father, Said bin Taimur. The elder sultan had kept Oman in deliberate isolation — no schools, no hospitals, no paved roads — and the new commemorative program was as much a political statement about modernization as it was a numismatic exercise.
KM# 65.1 distinguishes this from the 65.2 variety, the difference residing in the obverse legend spacing. Worth confirming before cataloging.