Oman 1971 20 ryals
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This specimen was lot 1218 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $180. The catalog description[1] noted, "OMAN: Qaboos bin Said, 1970-2020, AR 20 ryals, 1971/AH1391, medallic issue: mosque; hairlined, mintage of only 4,000 pieces, Proof, R, ex Dr. Wolfgang Schuster Collection. These issues, inscribed STATE OF OMAN, were issued by the exiled government of Imam Ghalib Ibn Ali in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The Imam has been in exile since 1955." Ghalib bin Ali ruled as imam of Oman 1954-59, when he was ousted by the sultan of Muscat and Oman. He lived in exile in Saudi Arabia until his death in 2009.
Recorded mintage: 4,000.
Specification: 16 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Bruce-X3.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, featuring Selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld, Almer H. Orr III, Dr. Dirk Loer and Joe Sedillot Collections, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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