Oman 1985 15 baisa

Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 809

This specimen was lot 809 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $102. The catalog description^[1] noted, "OMAN: Qaboos bin Said, 1970-2020, AR 15 baisa, 1985/AH1406, 15th Anniversary of the Reign of the Sultan, mintage of only 2,000 pieces, Choice Proof, S, ex Dr. Wolfgang Schuster Collection." Qaboos died in 2020, aged 79 years, after a fifty year reign. He was succeeded by his first cousin, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said.

Recorded mintage: 2,000.

Specification: 20 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-75.

Source:

• 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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• AH 1400 5 baisa
• AH 1406 10 baisa
• AH 1406 50 baisa
• AH 1407 2½ rials, WWF, Verreaux's Eagle
• AH 1407 25 omani rials, WWF
• Coins and currency dated 1985