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71/2 Riyals - Rashid Barbary Falcon, Essai
| Issuer | Ajman |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Frontal effigy of Sheikh Rashid Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, draped in traditional Gulf headdress (keffiyeh) with a full beard, rendered in high relief and set within a raised inner circle. The Arabic legend arcs across the upper field outside the circle, giving the ruler's name and the Hijri date 1389, flanked by the Gregorian year 1970 on either side of the portrait. The Latin legend RASHID BIN HUMAID AL NA'IMI runs along the lower outer border, also outside the beaded inner circle. The denomination 7 1/2 Riyals appears in Arabic numerals within the inner circle to the left of the bust. |
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| Obverse lettering | راشد بن حُمَيد النّعَيمي ١٣٨٩ ١٩٧٠ ١/٢ ٧ ريَال RASHID BIN HUMAID AL NA`IMI (Translation: Rashid Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi 1970 1389 71/2 Riyals) |
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Ajman, the smallest of the Trucial States by area, issued a wave of essai and pattern coinage in the late 1960s and early 1970s — pieces never intended for circulation but sold directly to the collector market through European dealers, most notably the Swiss firm Numisphilia. This was a deliberate revenue strategy by the ruler Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, exploiting the brief window before the UAE federation absorbed the individual states' issuing authority in 1972.
KM#E9 is among the more obscure denominations in this run — the 7½ Riyals unit has no obvious economic rationale, which confirms its purely philatelic purpose.