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15 Rials - Qaboos Sultan Qaboos 15th Reign Anniversary
| Issuer | Central Bank of Oman |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Diameter | 39.85 mm |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 1406 (1985) - Proof - 200 |
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Issued to mark fifteen years since Qaboos bin Said deposed his own father, Said bin Taimur, in a bloodless palace coup on July 23, 1970 — a coup quietly backed by the British government, which had grown frustrated with Said's isolationist policies and his refusal to develop the oil revenues accumulating since the late 1960s. At the time of the overthrow, Oman had virtually no paved roads, three schools, and one hospital.
The .917 fineness places this squarely in the crown gold tradition rather than the higher-purity issues common to Gulf commemoratives of the period.