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1 Rial - Qaboos 30th National Day, Silver
| Issuer | Central Bank of Oman |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#147 |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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| Reverse description | A commemorative composition marking Oman's 30th National Day, depicting an industrial complex in the background, with a tractor, fishing boat, and fish arranged in the foreground, symbolising the nation's agricultural, maritime, and industrial development. The denomination appears at centre, with the commemorative inscription rendered in Arabic and Latin lettering disposed along the lower periphery. |
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Issued to mark the thirtieth anniversary of Sultan Qaboos bin Said's accession following the palace coup of July 23, 1970, in which he overthrew his own father, Said bin Taimur, with tacit British support. Said bin Taimur had kept Oman in deliberate isolation — banning radios, eyeglasses, and foreign travel — while sitting on substantial oil revenues. Qaboos reversed course immediately, using petroleum income to build roads, schools, and hospitals in a modernization campaign compressed into less than a decade.
The .925 fineness places this squarely in the British sterling tradition that influenced Gulf monetary practice well into the post-independence period.