Catalog
| Issuer | Central Bank of Oman |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Printer | Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date) |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Oman appears at the upper left, with a portrait of Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id to the right. A vignette of Bahla fortress occupies the central field, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint with ornate border designs in the Islamic geometric tradition. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents Al-Hazm Fort rendered in fine intaglio line work, with Nakhl Fort illustrated separately to the right and identified by bilingual labels in Arabic and English. A large denomination numeral '1/2' appears at the upper right, flanked by a multicolour guilloche underprint with repeating microtext 'HALF RIAL' and geometric latticework along the left panel. The date '1416 H / 1995 G' is printed at the lower right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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