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10 Riyals - Saqr Dwight Eisenhower, Essai
| Issuer | Ras al-Khaimah |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Value | 10 Riyals |
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| Obverse lettering | ★ حُكُومَةُ رَأسِ الخَيْمَة ★ ١٠ ريال 10 RIYALS GOVERNMENT OF RAS AL KHAIMA (Translation: Government of Ras al-Khaimah 10 Riyals) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Ras al-Khaimah's brief foray into commemorative coinage in 1970 was largely a revenue exercise aimed at foreign collectors rather than domestic circulation — the emirate had joined no monetary union yet and was issuing pieces with little practical monetary function. The Eisenhower essai sits squarely in that category. Struck as a pattern or trial piece, it was produced the same year the emirate was negotiating the terms of what would become the United Arab Emirates, a federation it famously refused to join at federation in December 1971, only acceding in February 1972.
Aluminium essais of this type were almost certainly never intended for circulation.