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1 Riyal 2006 Asian Games, Torch Relay
| Issuer | Qatar Central Bank |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the national emblem of Qatar: a traditional dhow sailing on stylized waves within a crescent, flanked to the right by two palm trees, all enclosed within the crescent form. Below the crescent, two crossed scimitars are rendered in relief. The arc legend STATE OF QATAR curves along the upper periphery in Latin capitals, while the denomination 1 RIYAL and the date 2006 are inscribed along the lower periphery. |
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| Mintage | 2006 - In Presentation Cards - 25,000 |
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Qatar hosted the 15th Asian Games in December 2006 — the first Gulf state ever to do so — and issued a commemorative series to mark the occasion. The torch relay that year passed through seventeen countries across Asia before reaching Doha, a route deliberately designed to assert Qatar's position as a bridge between the continent's eastern and western reaches.
KM#36 is one of several pieces in the Qatar 2006 commemorative set, each tied to a different aspect of the Games.