Catalog
50 Baisa - Said
| Issuer | Muscat and Oman |
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| Year | 1970 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The denomination numeral '٥٠' (50) rendered in large Eastern Arabic numerals occupies the central field, flanked on each side by a smaller rendition of the national emblem. The Arabic word 'بيسة' (baisa) is inscribed above the denomination, and the Hijri date '١٣٩٠' (1390) appears in large numerals in the lower portion of the field, all within a denticulated border. |
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Said bin Taimur's government struck this coin in the final months of his reign — he was deposed by his own son, Qaboos, in a palace coup on July 23, 1970, backed covertly by the British. Said had ruled since 1932, keeping Oman in deliberate isolation: electricity, education, and modern infrastructure were actively suppressed. Coins bearing his name were almost immediately superseded by issues under Qaboos, making this one of the shortest-lived circulating types in the sultanate's modern coinage history.