Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, this piece belongs to a wave of commemorative coinage that flooded international markets in 1995 as member states competed to produce anniversary issues. Oman's participation reflected Sultan Qaboos's deliberate post-1970 foreign policy of institutional engagement — the sultanate had spent much of the preceding century in near-total isolation under his father Said bin Taimur, who actively resisted UN membership and outside contact.
Oman joined the UN in 1971, the year after Qaboos seized power in a palace coup backed by the British.
Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, this piece belongs to a wave of commemorative coinage that flooded international markets in 1995 as member states competed to produce anniversary issues. Oman's participation reflected Sultan Qaboos's deliberate post-1970 foreign policy of institutional engagement — the sultanate had spent much of the preceding century in near-total isolation under his father Said bin Taimur, who actively resisted UN membership and outside contact.
Oman joined the UN in 1971, the year after Qaboos seized power in a palace coup backed by the British.