Muscat and Oman AH 1378 saidi rial

from the Mad'adi Collection

Oman, long a British protectorate, was a sultanate known as Muscat and Oman until it achieved full independence in 1971. She has watched enviously as her neighbors, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, harvest billions of dollars by selling oil, of which little occurs in Omani territory.

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000.

Specification: 28.07 g 0.8333 fine silver, 0.7517 oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 31.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• AH 1380 (1960) ½ saidi rial
• AH 1390 saidi rial
• AH 1406 50 baisa
• AH 1410 50 baisa
• 1978 (AH 1398) Omani rial F.A.O.
• 1995 20 omani rials Fr-18 gold issue
• Coins and currency dated 1958
• return to coins of Oman