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100 Baisa - Qaboos Sultanate Anniversary
| Issuer | Central Bank of Oman |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents an elaborate eight-pointed rosette motif in the Islamic decorative tradition, with each point terminating in a stylised foliate finial and radiating thin pin-tipped lines, filling the field in a symmetrical mandala-like composition. At the centre of the rosette is a circular medallion containing the Omani national emblem — the khanjar and crossed swords — surmounted by the numeral '45' in bold relief, commemorating the 45th National Day. A circular Arabic legend surrounding the central medallion reads 'العيد الوطني الخامس والأربعون' with the dual dates '١٤٣٧' and '2015' also present within this inner ring. The outer rim is framed by the same braided decorative border as the obverse. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the forty-fifth anniversary of Sultan Qaboos bin Said's accession, which followed the palace coup of July 23, 1970, in which Qaboos overthrew his own father, Said bin Taimur, with backing from the British government. Said bin Taimur had kept Oman in deliberate isolation — banning radios, eyeglasses, and foreign travel for citizens — while oil revenues accumulated largely unspent. The transformation Qaboos initiated in the years following remains one of the more rapid state modernizations of the twentieth century.
KM#197 was struck at the Royal Mint, UK, under contract to the Central Bank of Oman.