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1/4 Riyal
| Issuer | Central Bank of Oman |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Size | 134 × 63.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Sultan Qaboos bin Said in traditional Omani dress and turban to the right, with the Central Bank of Oman name and denomination in Arabic script at centre. The date AH 1409 / 1989 appears below the facsimile signature, with the serial number printed in red at upper right and lower left against a multicolour guilloche underprint in pink and blue tones. |
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| Protection description | Sultan Qaboos bin Said visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note |
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The quarter-riyal denomination is an awkward fit for a currency system built around the rial Omani's 1,000-baisa subdivision — it equals 250 baisa, a figure that doesn't map neatly onto the decimal coinage structure. Oman nonetheless persisted with fractional rial notes through several series, reflecting transaction patterns in a cash-dependent economy where low-denomination paper remained more practical than bulky coin.
De La Rue's involvement with Omani currency dates to the earliest issues of the Central Bank, established in 1974 after replacing the Currency Board.