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1/4 Riyal / 25 Halālas - Fayṣal masculine nominal
| Issuer | Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency |
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| Year | 1972 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | At center, the national emblem of Saudi Arabia comprising two crossed scimitars with curved blades, surmounted by an upright date palm tree — all rendered in relief against a flat field. A two-line Arabic legend arcs above the emblem, and a two-line Arabic legend curves below, together naming King Faisal bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The design is contained within a raised rim with no inner border circle. |
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| Reverse description | At center, the denomination is expressed in two forms within the field: the Arabic-script legend خمس و عشرون هللة (Twenty-five Halalas) arcs above, with ربع ريال (Quarter Riyal) below it, flanking the numeral ٢٥ in Eastern Arabic numerals at center. The Western Arabic numeral 25 appears in the lower field, with the Hijri date ١٣٩٢ (1392 AH) at the very bottom. Note: the masculine form خمس is used above the numeral ٢٥, constituting a corrected denomination. The entire design is enclosed within a raised rim. |
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Saudi Arabia's transition to the riyal-based decimal system in the early 1970s was driven partly by the Kingdom's need for a coinage infrastructure capable of handling oil-revenue-fueled economic expansion. The Monetary Agency contracted foreign mints — including the Royal Mint and facilities in Philadelphia — to produce sufficient volume during this period, as domestic striking capacity lagged well behind demand.
The "masculine nominal" designation reflects an Arabic grammatical distinction in how the denomination is expressed on the coin, a detail that differentiates this type from related issues and matters considerably to specialists building complete type sets of Faysal's coinage.