Oman AH 1413 omani rial KM-112

Steve Album sale 38, lot 1483

This specimen was lot 1483 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $1,309. The catalog description^[1] noted, "OMAN: Qaboos bin Said, 1970-2020, AV rial, 1993/AH1413, Youth Year, mintage of 900 coins, NGC graded PF63 UC, R." This commemorative is accompanied by a silver rials (KM 135) and half rials. 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: 900.

Specification: 20 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM-112.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• 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, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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 ½ omani rial, Year of Youth
• AH 1414/1994 Omani rial, Heritage Year
• 1995 10 omani rials, 25th National Day anniversary
• 1995 20 omani rials, 25th National Day anniversary
• 1995 25 omani rials, 25th National Day anniversary
• 1996 omani rial, 26th National Day anniversary
• Coins and currency dated 1993