Oman AH1395 10 baisa KM-51

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued by Oman as part of the F.A.O. series. The obverse honors the date palm. Oman, long a British protectorate, achieved full independence in 1971. Coinage began that year. She has watched enviously as her neighbors, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, harvest billions of dollars by selling oil, of which little occurs in Omani territory.

Recorded mintage: 15,000.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 64.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• Muscat and Oman AH1381 15 saidi rials
• Oman 1978 1/2 omani rial F.A.O.
• AH 1406 10 baisa
• AH 1406 50 baisa
• Coins and currency dated 1975
• return to coins of Oman