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1 Rial - Qaboos 29th National Day, Gold
| Issuer | Central Bank of Oman |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Value | 1 Rial |
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| Obverse description | Central design depicting a Khalas date palm flanked by a caravan of camels, commemorating the traditional heritage of the Sultanate of Oman. The scene is rendered in raised relief against a polished field, evoking the agricultural and mercantile traditions of Oman. The composition celebrates the 29th National Day of Sultan Qaboos bin Said. |
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| Reverse description | Central device features the national emblem of Oman: a khanjar dagger in its sheath superimposed upon two crossed swords, all rendered in high relief. To the left of the emblem appears the Latin legend ONE RIAL, and to the right the Arabic equivalent ريال واحد, each flanked by a six-pointed star. An inner circular legend reads SULTANATE OF OMAN in Latin along the lower arc, with the Arabic بنك المركزي العماني and سلطنة عُمان appearing in the upper arc. The outer border carries the legend CENTRAL BANK OF OMAN in bold Latin capitals along the lower rim, with additional Arabic inscriptions in the upper field. |
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Issued to mark the 29th anniversary of Sultan Qaboos bin Said's accession following the 1970 palace coup in which he deposed his own father, Said bin Taimur. The elder sultan had kept Oman in deliberate isolation — no schools, no roads, no hospitals — and Qaboos's modernization drive made these annual National Day commemoratives as much a statement of developmental progress as a calendrical formality. The .9167 fineness places this squarely in the 22-karat range used across the Gulf commemorative series of this period.