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100 Baisa - Qaboos Gold
| Issuer | Sultanate of Oman |
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| Year | 1972-1975 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#47, Schön#42 |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the large Arabic numeral '١٠٠' (100) in bold relief, flanked on either side by two small renditions of the national emblem featuring crossed khanjar daggers and swords. The Arabic word 'بيسة' (Baisa) is inscribed prominently in the upper portion of the field. The Hijri date appears in Arabic numerals along the lower portion of the field, with corresponding Gregorian years recorded in the mintage data. A toothed inner border frames the entire design near the rim. |
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| Mintage | 1392 (1972) - - 200 1392 (1972) - Proof - 50 1394 (1974) - Proof Sets only (KM#PS1) - 250 1395 (1975) - Proof Sets only (KM#PS2) - 250 |
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Qaboos bin Said came to power in July 1970 after ousting his own father, Said bin Taimur, in a palace coup backed by British intelligence. The elder Said had kept Oman deliberately isolated — no schools, no hospitals, oil revenue hoarded while the population lived in medieval conditions. The coins issued under Qaboos in the early 1970s were part of a deliberate modernization signal, minted in gold at a moment when the new sultan was simultaneously rewriting the country's entire administrative infrastructure from scratch.
The 1972–1975 window corresponds to the height of the Dhofar Rebellion, when Omani and British SAS forces were actively fighting Soviet-backed insurgents in the south.