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10 Riyals - Saqr Dwight Eisenhower
| Issuer | Government of Ras al-Khaimah |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the denomination '10' in large Arabic-Western numerals, with the Arabic word for riyals (ريال) above, all within a raised inner circle. The date '1970' appears in both Western and Arabic-Indic numerals flanking the central device. A bilingual circular legend surrounds the design: the Arabic inscription حُكُومَةُ رَأسِ الخَيْمَة arcs across the upper register, while 'GOVERNMENT OF RAS AL KHAIMA' and '10 RIYALS' arc along the lower register. Two six-pointed stars serve as separators between the Arabic and Latin legends. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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Ras al-Khaimah was the last of the Trucial States to join the UAE, initially refusing federation in 1971 and only acceding in February 1972. In the years immediately before that merger, the emirate's ruler Saqr bin Mohammed al-Qasimi authorized a flood of collector-oriented issues — coins bearing foreign heads of state, astronauts, and international figures that would never circulate locally. The Eisenhower pairing is among the more incongruous: a Gulf sheikh's name sharing a coin with an American general-president who died the year before this piece was struck.
These issues were sold directly to the international numismatic market through European dealers, primarily as revenue generation for a cash-poor sheikhdom angling for relevance before federation absorbed it entirely.