Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Rial FAO
| Issuer | Central Bank of Oman |
|---|---|
| Year | 1995 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The official FAO emblem — an oval cartouche bearing the stylised wheat-sheaf device above the motto 'FIAT PANIS' and flanked by the letters 'F', 'A', and 'O' — occupies the centre of the field. Above the emblem, the anniversary dates '١٩٤٥–١٩٩٥' are inscribed in Arabic-Indic numerals, mirrored below by '1945–1995' in Western numerals. The upper arc carries the Arabic commemorative legend 'ذكرى مرور ٥٠ عاما لمنظمة الأغذية والزراعة — الأمم المتحدة', while the lower arc reads 'COMMEMORATING FIFTY YEARS OF F.A.O. U.N.' in Latin capitals, with a five-pointed star flanking each side. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Issued under the Food and Agriculture Organization coin program, which ran from the late 1960s through the 1990s and enlisted central banks worldwide to mint commemorative pieces whose proceeds nominally supported agricultural development initiatives. Oman participated selectively in the program, making its FAO issues considerably less numerous than those of more prolific participants like Egypt or India.
The 1995 date places this at the tail end of FAO coin production globally, as institutional enthusiasm for the program had largely collapsed by the mid-1990s.