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1/4 Qirsh - Abd al-Azīz countermarked
| Issuer | Saudi Arabia (1932-date) |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Weight | 4.2 g |
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| Obverse description | Circular Arabic legend filling the field, reading the royal titulature of King Abd al-Aziz Al Saud and the title 'King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.' A prominent incuse countermark bearing the Arabic numeral '٦٥' (65), referring to regnal year 65 of the Hijri calendar, is applied at the center of the coin, overlapping the original legend. The inscription is rendered in bold Naskh-style script, with the countermark clearly distinguishable from the underlying struck design by its deeper, punched appearance. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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This piece is a countermarked Ottoman or earlier Arabian copper-nickel coin host, restruck with the Saudi royal cipher to validate continued circulation under Ibn Saud's consolidated kingdom. The countermark program was a practical monetary measure — full reminting infrastructure across the Hejaz and Nejd regions was not yet standardized, and countermarking existing coinage was faster than striking fresh issues from scratch. KM#25 represents one of the last such transitional adaptations before Saudi coinage production normalized through the mid-1940s.