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25 Riyals - Khālid III Mona Lisa
| Issuer | State of Sharjah |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the state arms of Sharjah at centre: two crossed flags on staffs enclosed within a wreath of olive branches, surmounted by a palm tree flanked by the dual dates 1389 (AH) and 1970 (AD) inscribed in the field. The legend STATE OF SHARJAH in Latin characters arcs along the left periphery, while the Arabic equivalent حكومة الشارقة runs along the right, all within a beaded border. The denomination ٢٥ ريال appears in Arabic script within the central wreath below the flags, with 25 S. RIYALS in Latin letters placed in the lower exergual area. A small lozenge-shaped fineness mark reading 900 is positioned to the lower right of the beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely engraved adaptation of Leonardo da Vinci's celebrated painting La Gioconda (the Mona Lisa), depicted as a three-quarter-length portrait of a seated woman with loosely draped hair, her hands folded in her lap, occupying the majority of the coin's field against a plain mirror-polished background. Small olive sprigs flank the lower portion of the figure at left and right within the beaded border. The bilingual inscription LA GIOCONDA in Latin letters arcs along the lower left rim, separated by a dash from the Arabic الچُكوندَا along the lower right, identifying the subject. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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