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1/2 Rial Saidi
| Issuer | Sultanate of Muscat and Oman |
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| Year | 1970 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and purple note with intricate guilloche border framing the entire face. The national arms — crossed khanjar daggers and two crossed swords — appear in an ornate cartouche at right, with Arabic inscriptions naming the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman across the top panel. The denomination in Arabic script is rendered in purple intaglio at centre-left, with a serial number repeated above and below. |
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| Reverse description | Green and purple vignette of Sumail Fort set against a rocky hillside landscape, with palm groves in the foreground rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The fraction '1/2' appears at upper left and right corners flanking the inscription 'RIAL SAIDI', repeated on both sides. The lower margin carries the full English legend 'SULTANATE OF MUSCAT AND OMAN' within a plain panel, above an ornate guilloche border. |
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| Protection description | the national arms (crossed khanjar and swords device) visible when held to light |
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