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2 Baiza - Said
| Issuer | Sultanate of Muscat and Oman |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Value | 2 Baiza (0.01) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mint | Royal Mint (London) |
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Said bin Taimur introduced this coinage in 1946 as part of a broader currency reform for the Sultanate, replacing an older series that had relied heavily on the Indian rupee ecosystem. The timing is notable — Britain was simultaneously dismantling its Indian imperial infrastructure, and smaller Gulf states were quietly establishing independent monetary identities before the transition left them exposed.
Said's conservatism as a ruler was legendary; he resisted roads, schools, and oil development with equal stubbornness until his own son deposed him in a palace coup in 1970.