Catalog
1/2 Rial
| Issuer | Central Bank of Oman |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Value | 1/2 Rial |
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| Reverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF OMAN HALF RIAL |
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| Protection description | National arms (khanjar and crossed swords) watermark |
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| Comments |
Bradbury Wilkinson printed the entire first Central Bank of Oman series, of which this is a part — the bank itself having only been established in 1974, replacing the Currency Board that had managed the Saidi Rial. The shift to a proper central banking structure followed Qaboos bin Said's modernization program after he deposed his father in 1970, and the new currency architecture was part of that overhaul.
The ½ Rial denomination was dropped from later series, making this issue the sole fractional note at this level in the Central Bank's catalog.