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1 Rial - Qaboos 13th National Day, Youth Year, Silver
| Issuer | Central Bank of Oman |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Value | 1 Rial |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark both the 13th National Day and the United Nations' designation of 1985 as International Youth Year, this coin was struck two years ahead of that UN observance — Oman's mint scheduling aligned the release with the anniversary rather than the calendar year of the program itself. Qaboos had by 1983 consolidated a decade of rapid modernization following his 1970 coup against his father Said bin Taimur, and youth-focused commemoratives carried pointed political weight in a country where the median age was dropping sharply alongside surging oil revenues.