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20 Ryals - Ghalib
| Issuer | Oman |
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| Year | 1391 (1971) |
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| Reference(s) | X#3 |
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| Obverse script | Arabic/Latin |
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| Reverse description | A fort occupies the central field, with the denomination '٢٠ ريال' in Arabic script above and '20 RYALS' in Latin script below. Two rectangular stamps appear to the right of the denomination inscription, the rightmost bearing the silver fineness mark '925', attesting to the coin's silver content and issuing authority. |
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Ghalib ibn Ali al-Hinai was the last Imam of Oman, deposed in 1959 when Sultan Said bin Taimur's forces — backed by British military support — retook the interior in what became known as the Jebel Akhdar War. This coin was struck in 1971 as a political statement from exile, asserting a legitimacy Ghalib had not held in over a decade.
Issues of this type are cataloged under the "X" prefix in Krause precisely because their governmental standing is contested — produced without sovereign territory, treasury, or circulation infrastructure. The 1391 AH date places it the same year Sultan Qaboos was consolidating the modern Sultanate after ousting his own father.