Ajman 1970 riyal

Steve Album sale 55, lot 3518

This specimen was lot 3518 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AJMAN: Rashid Bin Hamad al-Naimi, 1928-1981, AR riyal, 1970/AH1390, PCGS graded MS65." Altho the SCWC and Numista unite in calling the bird on the reverse a chicken, it is not a chicken but a partridge, most likely Alectoris melanocephala or Alectoris chukar. All of Ajman's coinage was struck 1969-70. The sheikdom joined the United Arab Emirates and coinage ceased.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.95 g, 0.640 fine silver, 20.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-1.2.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

Links:

• AH 1389/1969 2 riyals
• AH 1389/1969 5 riyals
• AH 1390/1970 5 riyals, Gamal Abdel Nasser
• AH 1390/1970 7½ riyals, Gamal Abdel Nasser
• (1970) 10 riyals, Vladimir Lenin
• (1970) 25 riyals, Albert Schweitzer
• (1970) 25 riyals, Albert Luthuli
• 1970 100 riyals, Vladimir Lenin
• Coins and currency dated 1970