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10 Riyals - Saqr Felice Gimondi
| Issuer | Ras al-Khaimah |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse lettering | ★ حُكُومَةُ رَأسِ الخَيمَة ★ ١٠ ريال 10 RIYALS GOVERNMENT OF RAS AL KHAIMA (Translation: Government of Ras al-Khaimah 10 Riyals) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ras al-Khaimah's early 1970s commemorative program was a frankly commercial operation — the emirate, not yet part of the UAE federation it would join in 1972, issued a flood of collector coins through European distributors with little pretense of domestic circulation. This piece honors Felice Gimondi, the Italian cyclist who won the Tour de France in 1965 as a last-minute replacement rider, then added the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España to become one of only five men to win all three Grand Tours.
The coins were sold directly to the philatelic and numismatic trade. Virtually none saw Ras al-Khaimah itself.