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100 Riyals - Mohammed Apollo XII
| Issuer | Fujairah |
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| Year | 1969-1970 |
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| In circulation to | 1973 |
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| Obverse description | The coat of arms of Fujairah occupies the central field, flanked by two flags each bearing the Arabic inscription 'Al Fujairah', with the legend appearing normally on the left flag and mirrored on the right. The denomination '100 Riyals' is inscribed in Arabic numerals within the design. A small oval cartouche at the lower right bears the gold fineness mark '900'. Surrounding legends appear in both Arabic and Latin scripts, incorporating the state name, denomination, and dual dating in both the Hijri and Gregorian calendars. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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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.