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2 Qirsh / 10 Halalāt - Fayṣal
| Issuer | Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Currency | Riyal (1960-date) |
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| Obverse description | At center, the national emblem of Saudi Arabia comprising a date palm above two crossed scimitars, rendered in fine detail. A continuous Arabic legend arcs above the emblem, reading the name and title of King Faisal bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud. A second Arabic legend curves below the emblem, inscribing the full title 'King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.' The legends and central device occupy the full field within a plain raised rim, with no exergue. The overall design is executed in a clean, formal style typical of mid-twentieth-century Saudi coinage. |
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| Reverse description | The denomination is expressed in three forms arranged around a central cartouche: the Arabic word legend 'Ten Halalah' arcs prominently across the upper field, while the Western numeral '10' appears to the left and the Eastern Arabic numeral '١٠' appears to the right. At center, a circular cartouche contains the Arabic inscription 'Qirshan' (Two Qirsh), providing the equivalent denomination in the older unit. The Hijri date '١٣٩٢' (1392 AH) is inscribed in large Eastern Arabic numerals across the lower field, followed by the Hijri era marker. A plain raised rim borders the entire design. |
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Saudi Arabia's switch to copper-nickel for this denomination in the early 1970s coincided with the Kingdom's aggressive modernization of its monetary infrastructure under SAMA, established in 1952 but only fully operational as a coin-issuing authority by the late 1960s. The shift away from earlier cupro-nickel compositions reflected pressure to standardize coinage ahead of the oil-boom spending surge that would follow the 1973 embargo. Faisal's monetary reforms were inseparable from his broader effort to bring Saudi public finance under centralized state control, displacing the informal currency networks that had persisted in the Hejaz for decades.