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10 Baisa - Qaboos National Day
| Issuer | Central Bank of Oman |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#194 |
| Obverse description | The national emblem of Oman — comprising two crossed khanjar daggers overlaid by a belt and surmounted by a khanjar in its scabbard — occupies the central field within a circular inner legend band. The Arabic legend 'سلطنة عمان' (Sultanate of Oman) and the Hijri date '١٤٣٧هـ' appear within the inner circle, flanking the emblem. The denomination '10 BAISA' in Latin script and '١٠ بيسة' in Arabic appear horizontally across the middle field, with the Gregorian year '2015' and 'SULTANATE OF OMAN' inscribed below. The outer legend 'قابوس بن سعيد سلطان عمان' (Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman) runs along the upper periphery, framed by a decorative milled border. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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This piece marks the 45th National Day of Oman, commemorating the 1970 coup in which Qaboos bin Said deposed his own father, Said bin Taimur, in a palace coup backed by British intelligence and the SAS. The elder Said had kept Oman deliberately isolated — banning radios, spectacles, and foreign travel for citizens — and his removal opened the country almost overnight to modernization funded by oil revenues.
KM#194 is a short-run commemorative, struck in copper clad steel rather than the cupronickel of standard circulation issues.