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100 Riyals - Khālid III Napoleon, Reverse Trial
| Issuer | Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) |
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| Year | 1970 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | This face corresponds to the reverse of KM# 9, employed here as the obverse of the trial piece. It features a left-facing draped bust of Napoléon Bonaparte in military uniform, rendered in high relief. Below the truncation appears the lower portion of the Napoleonic Consulate emblem, consisting of the initial 'N' encircled by laurel branches. The surrounding legend commemorates the bicentenary of Napoleon's birth, rendered in both Latin and Arabic scripts. |
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| Reverse lettering | [MET.] GORI & ZUCCHI (Translation: Metallurgical Gori & Zucchi) |
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Sharjah's 1970 coinage program was an openly commercial venture — the emirate had no meaningful monetary infrastructure and issued gold-denominated pieces almost entirely for the international collector market, not circulation. The "Khālid III Napoleon" designation references the Napoleonic-format portrait used on certain issues, a deliberate aesthetic choice aimed at European buyers familiar with French imperial coinage traditions.
Reverse trials in gold-plated bronze from this series were produced to test die alignment and surface detail before committing to precious metal strikes. Their survival outside mint archives is largely accidental.