Muscat and Oman AH 1380 1/2 saidi rial

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Stack's Bowers May 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75530
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This specimen was lot 75530 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUSCAT AND OMAN. 1/2 Saidi Rial, AH 1380 (1960). London Mint. Sa'id bin Taimur. PCGS MS-64." This type was struck AH 1380-1381 (1961-62). This type was also struck in gold (KM 34a) but not in AH 1380. The name of the country was shortened to plain "Oman" in 1970.

Recorded mintage: 300,000 plus prooofs.

Specifications: KM 34: 14.03 g, 0.500 fine silver, 33 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: silver: KM-34.

Sources:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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