100 Baisa - Said

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.