1/4 Riyal / 25 Halālah - Fahd

SAMA introduced this denomination in the mid-1980s as part of a broader currency rationalization following the oil boom years, when Saudi Arabia's retail economy had expanded rapidly enough to require a denser range of small circulating coinage. Fahd's reign coincided with the Gulf War of 1990–91, during which enormous quantities of Saudi coins were handled by coalition military personnel — an unusual vector for international dispersal that collectors occasionally trace through hoards turning up in European flea markets.

The KM#63 series ran across two distinct minting periods with minor die variations documented between early and late production years.