Oman 1993 1/2 omani rial

Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 810

This specimen was lot 810 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "OMAN: Qaboos bin Said, 1970-2020, AR 1/2 omani rial, 1993/AH1413, Youth Year, mintage of only 600 pieces, Proof, R, 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. A number of his NCLT's lack AH dates, surprising for a country so overwhelmingly Muslim.

Recorded mintage: 600.

Specification: 15 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-91.

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 1411/1991 100 baisa, centennial of Omani coinage
• AH 1411/1991 5 Omani rials, year of industry
• AH 1411/1990 20 omani rials, 20th national Day
• AH 1411/1991 25 omani rials, education, gold
• AH 1413/1993 omani rial, Year of Youth
• AH 1414 (1994) Omani rial, Heritage Year
• 1994 ½ omani rial, 250th Anniversary of the Al Bu Sa'id Dynasty
• 1995 10 omani rials, 25th National Day anniversary
• 1995 20 omani rials, gold
• 1995 25 omani rials, 25th National Day anniversary
• Coins and currency dated 1993