Catalog
25 Rials - Qaboos WWF, Masked Booby
| Issuer | Central Bank of Oman |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Diameter | 25 mm |
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| Obverse description | The national emblem of Oman displayed centrally within a beaded border: a khanjar (curved dagger) in its sheath superimposed upon two crossed swords, all enclosed within a circle. Arabic legends surround the emblem, with the ruler's name and country name inscribed in the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | ٢٥ ريالاً عُمانياً |
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Issued as part of Oman's contribution to the WWF's 25th anniversary series in 1987, this piece is one of a coordinated set of gold issues commissioned by member nations to fund wildlife conservation. The Masked Booby — a seabird breeding on Oman's offshore islands, particularly the Daymaniyat archipelago — was a deliberately local choice, tying the coin's purpose directly to a species with documented Omani habitat rather than a purely symbolic selection.
Mintages across the WWF anniversary gold series were uniformly small, and Oman's issues attract a narrower collector base than more widely traded Gulf coinage, which keeps secondary market pricing somewhat inconsistent.