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5 Riyals - Rashid 2 dates
| Issuer | Government of Ajman |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#3.1, Schön#3.1 |
| Obverse description | Central raised disk bearing the large Arabic numeral ٥ (five) above the Arabic legend ريال and the Western numeral 5 with the word RIYALS below, all within a raised circular border. The surrounding annular field carries a bilingual peripheral legend in Arabic along the upper arc and Latin along the lower arc, flanked by six-pointed stars serving as separators. A beaded border encircles the entire design. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Ajman, smallest of the Trucial States by both area and population, issued this coin in 1969 as part of a broader wave of commemorative and proof-quality issues that the Gulf sheikhdoms produced in the final years before UAE federation. These releases were never intended for domestic circulation — Ajman's actual economy ran on Gulf rupees and later the Qatar and Dubai riyal. They were collector-market products, sold largely to European and American numismatic dealers and marketed through intermediaries with little pretense otherwise.
The two-date format reflected a common device among Trucial State issues of the period, carrying both the Gregorian and Hijri years. KM#3.1 distinguishes this from at least one variant in the series.