Oman (2013) rial

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3892

This specimen was lot 3892 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $102. The catalog description^[1] noted, "OMAN: Qaboos bin Said, 1970-2020, AR rial, ND (2013), 43rd National Day - image of first [coin] minted in Oman, the Umayyad silver dirham dated AH81, struck by Huguenin in Switzerland, with original case of issue, Proof." Altho the SCWC states that this NCLT was minted in sterling (0.925 fine silver), the accompanying COA states that it was made from 0.999 fine silver. The coin is not dated.

Recorded mintage: 3,000 proofs.

Specification: 28.28 g, 0.999 fine silver, 38.61 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-173.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• (2007) omani rial, 40th Anniversary of First Oil Export from Oman
• Oman (2011) rial Royal Opera House Muscat
• Oman AH1434 5 baisa
• AH 1441/2020 omani rial, 50th National Day and 75th anniversary of the United Nations
• Coins and currency dated 2013