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200 Ryals - Ghalib
| Issuer | Oman |
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| Year | 1391 (1971) |
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| Currency | Rial (1972-date) |
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| Obverse description | Arms of the State of Oman (Imamate government in exile) at center, composed of two state flags on poles crossed in saltire, each bearing a sword beneath a Quranic verse, surmounted by a crescent and five-pointed star, and flanked in base by two crossed swords. The Arabic legend "دَولة عُمَان" (State of Oman) arcs along the upper field, with "STATE OF OMAN" in Roman capitals along the lower field. The AH date "١٣٩١" appears to the right and the Gregorian date "1971" to the left. Two small hallmark stamps appear below the swords, the left reading "1 AR" and the right indicating fineness "917". |
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| Obverse lettering | دَولة عُمَان 1971 ١٣٩١ نصر من الله وفتح قريب ★ نصر من الله وفتح قريب STATE OF OMAN |
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Ghalib bin Ali al-Hinai was the last Imam of Oman, deposed in 1959 when Sultan Said bin Taimur's forces retook the interior in what became known as the Jebel Akhdar War. He spent years afterward in exile lobbying Arab states and the Arab League for restoration, and this 1971 issue was struck as a political artifact of that campaign — a coin asserting a sovereignty that had already been militarily extinguished for over a decade.
Issues of this type were never circulated and exist solely as assertions of legitimacy. The Fr#2 reference places it firmly in the exile coinage category recognized by Friedberg.