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20 Ryals - Ghalib
| Issuer | Oman |
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| Year | 1391 (1971) |
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| Currency | Rial (1972-date) |
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| Obverse description | Arms of the State of Oman (Imamate government in exile), featuring two national flags on poles, each bearing a sword beneath a Quranic verse, the whole surmounted by a crescent and a five-pointed star and flanked in base by two crossed swords. The Arabic legend 'دَولة عُمَان' (State of Oman) arcs along the upper periphery, while 'STATE OF OMAN' appears along the lower periphery. The Islamic date '١٣٩١' is inscribed to the right of the arms and the Gregorian date '1971' to the left, both in their respective scripts. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic/Latin |
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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 — backed by British military support — retook the interior in what became known as the Jebel Akhdar War. This coin was struck in 1971 as a political statement from exile, asserting a legitimacy Ghalib had not held in over a decade.
Issues of this type are cataloged under the "X" prefix in Krause precisely because their governmental standing is contested — produced without sovereign territory, treasury, or circulation infrastructure. The 1391 AH date places it the same year Sultan Qaboos was consolidating the modern Sultanate after ousting his own father.