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1/4 Qirsh - Abd al-Azīz Hejaz and Nejd and Dependencies, countermarked '65'
| Issuer | Hejaz and Nejd and Dependencies |
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| Year | 1946 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a large circular countermark bearing the Arabic numeral '٦٥' (65), applied over the original design. Surrounding the countermark, dense Arabic inscriptions in flowing Naskh script fill the field, referencing the royal titles of Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud. The legends curve around the periphery and into the central field, with the countermark serving as the focal point of this issue. |
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| Obverse lettering | ٦٥ |
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The countermark '65' applied to this piece denotes the Hijri year 1365 (1946 CE), used by the Saudi administration to extend the circulation life of earlier coinage rather than strike an entirely new issue. Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud's treasury relied heavily on countermarked revalidation during the 1940s as wartime and postwar pressures disrupted normal mint operations — the country had no domestic mint of its own and depended on foreign facilities, principally Bombay and later Philadelphia.
KM#23 countermarks are known with positioning inconsistencies, a predictable result of hand-applied punches on circulating stock.