Catalog
10 Baisa - Said
| Issuer | Dhofar Governorate |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | الواثق بالله سعيد بن تيمور سلطان مسقط وعمان (Translation: Confident in God Sa`id bin Taimur Sultan of Muscat and Oman) |
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Dhofar was never truly an independent issuing authority — it was a sultanate within a sultanate, ruled by Said bin Taimur before he seized control of all Muscat and Oman in 1932. These coins were struck for local circulation in the Dhofar region specifically, part of a short series that acknowledged the geographic and administrative separateness of the southern province. The political logic behind issuing distinct coinage for Dhofar rather than unified Omani currency remains tied to Said's deliberate policy of keeping Dhofar economically and administratively isolated from the north.