10 Ryals - Ghalib

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.