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1/4 Anna - Faisal
| Issuer | Muscat and Oman |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| Weight | 5.07 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ★ FESSUL BIN TURKEE IMAM OF MUSCAT AND OMAN ضرب في مسقط ١٣١٥ 1/4 ANNA (Translation: Fessul bin Turkee (Faisal bin Turki), Imam of Muscat and Oman Struck in Muscat 1315 1/4 Anna) |
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| Mintage | 1315 (1898) - ١٣١٥ KM#3.1 (level `٥`) - 19,110,000 1315 (1898) - ١٣١٥ KM#3.1 (level `٥`); Specimen Strike - 1315 (1898) - ١٣١٥ KM#3.2 (small angled `٥`) - |
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Muscat and Oman under Faisal bin Turki operated with considerable monetary informality — Indian rupees, Maria Theresa thalers, and a patchwork of imported coinage all circulated simultaneously. The decision to strike a local copper series in the 1890s was partly administrative and partly a gesture toward the formal trappings of sovereignty that the Al Bu Said sultans were increasingly expected to display before British India's political residents.
This was among the earliest machine-struck issues for the sultanate, produced in Bombay. The series saw limited uptake in actual commerce given the entrenched familiarity with Indian coin types.