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100 Riyals - Mohammed Apollo XII
| Issuer | Fujairah |
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| Year | 1969-1970 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a bold commemorative composition honoring the Apollo space program. At the left, four smaller shields depict imagery associated with Apollo 9, Apollo 10, Apollo 11, and a fourth mission, set against a lunar background. At the right, a large central shield bears the facing portraits of the three Apollo XII astronauts — Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon, and Alan Bean — with their names inscribed alongside. The overall design celebrates the achievements of American manned lunar missions in a heraldic, multi-panel arrangement. |
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| Reverse lettering | APOLLO 11 APOLLO X STAFFORD YOUNG CERNAN Mc DIVITT SCOTT SCHWEICKART APOLLO IX CHARLES CONRAD RICHARD GORDON ALAN BEAN APOLLO XII |
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Fujairah was among the smallest and most isolated of the Trucial States, with virtually no monetary infrastructure of its own when it began issuing commemorative gold coinage in the late 1960s. These pieces were not struck for circulation — they were produced explicitly for the international collector market, a practice common across the smaller Trucial sheikhdoms during this period as a revenue-generating exercise ahead of the 1971 federation that would create the UAE.
The Apollo XII mission landed on the Ocean of Storms in November 1969, and several Trucial States rushed commemorative issues to market within the same fiscal window. Fujairah's pieces were struck by foreign mints under contract, not locally.