1/4 Anna - Faisal '1/4 ANNA' in 2 lines

Muscat and Oman occupied an unusual position in late 19th-century Gulf monetary affairs — formally sovereign yet deeply entangled with British Indian commercial networks. This copper fraction circulated alongside Maria Theresa thalers and Indian rupees, none of which the sultanate officially controlled. Faisal bin Turki, who reigned from 1888 until 1913, struck these annas partly to assert administrative presence in Muscat's bazaars, where British Indian coinage had effectively become the default medium of exchange.

KM#10.1 distinguishes this variety by the two-line rendering of the denomination, a detail that separates it from related issues in the series.