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1 Rial - Qaboos Al-Mirani Fort
| Issuer | Central Bank of Oman |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#116, Schön#126, CBO#104 |
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| Reverse description | A detailed panoramic view of Al-Mirani Fort occupies the central field, depicting the historic coastal fortification built upon rugged rocky promontories, with crenellated towers flying flags rendered in fine relief against a mirror-like proof field. The Arabic legend قلعة الميراني arcs across the upper portion of the field, while the Latin inscription AL-MIRANI FORT appears in the lower field below the fort's image. Dual dating in both the Hijri and Gregorian calendars is inscribed along the lower rim, reading 1416H-1995G in Latin numerals to the left and ١٤١٦هـ - ١٩٩٥م in Arabic numerals to the right. |
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| Mintage | 1416 (1995) - Proof - 1416 (1995) - Proof Sets (KM#PS6) - |
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Issued to mark the 25th anniversary of Sultan Qaboos bin Said's accession, which followed his 1970 palace coup against his own father, Said bin Taimur. The elder sultan had kept Oman deliberately isolated — no schools, no hospitals, no paved roads — and was removed by British-facilitated intervention before dying in exile in London. The commemorative series Oman produced in 1995 drew directly on pre-oil architectural heritage as a counterpoint to the rapid modernization Qaboos had driven in the intervening quarter century.
Al-Mirani Fort overlooks Muscat harbor and dates to the Portuguese occupation of the sixteenth century.