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1/2 Riyal / 50 Halalah - Fayṣal FAO
| Issuer | Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency |
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| Year | 1972 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The central device features a circular cartouche bearing the Arabic inscription 'نصف ريال' (Half Riyal), flanked to the left by the Western numeral '50' and to the right by the Eastern Arabic numeral '٥٠'. Above the cartouche, the denomination 'خمسون هللة' (Fifty Halala) is inscribed in two lines in Arabic script. Below the cartouche, the dual dates AH 1392 and AD 1972 appear, followed by the Quranic verse 'وأطعموا البائس الفقير' (And feed the desperate and the poor), referencing the FAO World Food Programme theme, all rendered in Arabic Naskh script against a flat field. |
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| Reverse lettering | خمسون هللة نصف 50 ٥٠ ريال ١٣٩٢هـ-١٩٧٢مـ وأطعموا البائس الفقير (Translation: Fifty Halala Half Rial 50 AD1972-AH1392 And feed the desperate the poor) |
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Issued as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization coin program, which ran through the 1970s and prompted dozens of countries to mint special circulation pieces promoting agricultural development and food security goals. Saudi Arabia's participation reflected the kingdom's concurrent push to develop domestic food production — an ambition that sat awkwardly against the reality that the 1970s oil boom was accelerating urbanization and pulling labor away from farming.
FAO issues were struck for circulation rather than as commemoratives, though collector demand has kept many examples in above-average condition.