Catalog
100 Baisa - Said
| Issuer | Muscat and Oman |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Currency | New Saidi rial (1970) |
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| Obverse lettering | سعيد بن تيمور سلطان مسقط وعمان |
| Reverse description | The denomination rendered in large Eastern Arabic numerals (١٠٠) dominates the central field, with the word 'بيسة' (Baisa) inscribed in Arabic script above. Two small Omani national emblems—crossed khanjars and sword—flank the numeral at left and right. The Hijri date ١٣٩٠ (1390 AH) appears in the lower field in large Eastern Arabic numerals, all contained within a beaded border encircling the design. |
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Said bin Taimur ruled Muscat and Oman with deliberate isolation — banning sunglasses, books, and radios, and refusing foreign aid and development for decades. The 1970 coinage was issued in his final year; he was deposed in July by his own son, Qaboos, in a palace coup backed by the British. Within months, the country was renamed the Sultanate of Oman and an entirely new coinage system introduced, making Said-era pieces a single-year terminal issue for the Muscat and Oman designation.