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.
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.