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1 Rial - Qaboos Matrah Fort
| Issuer | Central Bank of Oman |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Currency | Rial (1972-date) |
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| Obverse description | The central field displays the national emblem of Oman — a khanjar dagger superimposed over two crossed swords — rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished background. Flanking the emblem at the three and nine o'clock positions are two five-pointed stars. The denomination appears in both Arabic (ريال واحد) to the right and Latin (ONE RIAL) to the left of the central device, with the legend SULTANATE OF OMAN arcing along the lower inner field. The outer border carries the Arabic inscription سلطنة عمان along the upper arc and CENTRAL BANK OF OMAN along the lower arc, separated by the two stars. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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Issued by the Central Bank of Oman as part of a broader commemorative program documenting Oman's historic fortifications, this piece belongs to a series that accelerated significantly through the 1990s as the sultanate invested heavily in restoring and cataloging its Portuguese-era and pre-colonial defensive architecture. Matrah Fort, overlooking the old port district of Muscat, dates to at least the sixteenth century and remained an active military installation well into the twentieth — the Omani government only transferred administrative control of such sites to heritage authorities following substantial political stabilization after the 1970 coup that brought Qaboos to power.