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1 Rial
| Issuer | Central Bank of Oman |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Value | 1 Rial |
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| Obverse lettering | البنك المركزي العماني هذه الورقة النقدية لهائمة قانونية مقدارها ريال واحد ١ (Translation: Central Bank Of Oman This banknote has legal value for One Rial 1) |
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| Reverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF OMAN One Rial 1 1416 H/1995 G |
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Pick 34 belongs to the third series of Omani rials, introduced progressively through the 1990s as the Central Bank moved toward a more unified design language across denominations. Giesecke & Devrient had by this point been printing Omani currency for over two decades, and the relationship showed — the Leipzig plant's intaglio work on this series is notably crisper than the earlier De La Rue-produced issues.
The 1 Rial sat at a meaningful threshold: at mid-1990s rates, it represented roughly $2.60 USD, placing it in daily transactional use rather than as a large-denomination store of value. The watermark remains the sole listed security feature, modest for the period.