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50 Dirhams - Saqr

Issuer Government of Ras al-Khaimah
Year 1970
Type Non-circulating coin
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Reverse lettering ★ 1970 - ١٣٩٠ ★ 50 DIRHAMS
(Translation: 1970 - 1390 50 Dirhams)
Edge Reeded
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Additional information

Ras al-Khaimah struck this issue just months before joining the United Arab Emirates in February 1972, making the entire independent coinage of the emirate a footnote spanning barely two years. Saqr bin Mohammed al-Qasimi, ruler since 1948, initially refused to join the federation and held out longer than any other emirate — this coin circulated under a government that was actively resisting absorption into the UAE.

The series was produced at the Bavarian State Mint in Munich, a common arrangement for Gulf states lacking domestic minting infrastructure at the time.

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