Catalog
10 Rials Saidi
| Issuer | Currency Board of Muscat and Oman |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Size | 157 × 91 mm |
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| Obverse description | Dark brown and blue note with an elaborate arabesque guilloche border framing the entire face. The national arms — crossed khanjar and two swords — appear as an intaglio vignette at right centre, with Arabic inscriptions including the denomination "ريال سعيدي ١٠" occupying the central field. The heading "سلطنة مسقط وعُمان" (Sultanate of Muscat and Oman) runs across the top panel. |
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| Reverse description | A large multicolour intaglio vignette of Mirani Fort perched on dramatic rocky cliffs above the harbour of Muscat occupies the central field, with a vessel visible on the water below. The numeral "10" appears in each upper corner within the ornate acanthus-scroll border, and a solid lower panel carries the English inscription "SULTANATE OF MUSCAT AND OMAN" flanked by "RIALS SAIDI" at each side. |
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The Rial Saidi was a short-lived currency by any measure. Introduced in 1959 to replace the Maria Theresa Thaler as the formal monetary unit of Muscat and Oman, it survived barely over a decade before Sultan Qaboos — having deposed his father Said bin Taimur in July 1970 — renamed both the country and its currency. The Rial Omani replaced it that same year, rendering all Saidi issues obsolete almost immediately after this note was printed.
Bradbury Wilkinson handled the full Saidi series. This 1970 date places the note at the very end of the issue's useful life, likely printed to meet demand that the political transition then made redundant.