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1000 Dirhams / 10 Riyals - Khālid III Simon Bolivar
| Issuer | Sharjah |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| In circulation to | 1973 |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
| Obverse lettering | STATE OF SHARJAH حكومة الشارقة 1970 ١٣٨٩ ١٠٠٠ درهم = ١٠ ريالات 10 S. RIYALS 1000 290 (Translation: State of Sharjah 1970 1389 1000 Dirhams = 10 Riyals 10 Sharjah Riyals 1000 290) |
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Sharjah issued this piece in 1970 as part of a wave of commemorative strikes produced just before and immediately after the Trucial States federated into the UAE in 1971. The emirate's ruler, Khalid III, authorized a series of these high-silver-content issues largely aimed at the international collector market — a revenue strategy common among small Gulf states in that transitional period, when numismatic exports offered a meaningful income stream independent of oil.
Bolívar's appearance here has no geographic logic; his inclusion reflects the era's anything-sells approach to foreign commemorative coinage rather than any diplomatic or historical tie between Sharjah and South America.