10 Riyals - Mohammed Apollo XI

Fujairah was one of the smaller Trucial States, and in the late 1960s its ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi discovered what several other minor Gulf rulers had already learned: commemorative coin programs sold to foreign collectors could generate meaningful revenue with no circulation obligations whatsoever. The Apollo 11 issue was part of a wave of such releases timed to the July 1969 moon landing, produced almost entirely for the philatelic and numismatic export market.

Most pieces never touched Fujairah soil. Mintage controls were loose, and some issues from this program were struck in multiple batches over the 1969–1970 window listed in the reference.