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10 Ryals - Ghalib
| Issuer | Oman |
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| Year | 1391 (1971) |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | A secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) rendered in high relief, depicted standing in profile facing left with a coiled snake pinned beneath its talons, conveying the symbolic triumph of good over evil. The denomination "١٠ ريال" appears in Arabic numerals and script in the upper right field, with "10" and "RYALS" inscribed in Latin characters to the lower left of the central device. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Ghalib ibn Ali al-Hinai was the last Imam of Oman, deposed in 1959 when Sultan Said bin Taimur's forces retook the interior with British military assistance — an episode known as the Jebel Akhdar War. This coin was issued in his name in 1971 while he lived in exile, a political act rather than a circulating currency, asserting a claim to the Imamate that no longer had territory to back it. The X# reference prefix signals exactly what it is: an unofficial issue struck outside any recognized monetary authority.