Ras Al-Khaimah 1970 2-1/2 riyals
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This specimen was lot 3731 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "RAS AL KHAIMA: Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qasimi, 1948-2010, AR 2½ riyals, 1970/AH1390, Falcon, PCGS graded MS66." The total coinage of this state, now part of the United Arab Emirates, comprises several sets of NCLT's issued in 1969-70, including this one honoring the sheik's favorite pastime, falconry. It was accompanied by a copper-nickel fifty dirhams (KM 28) and silver 7½ riyals (KM 30).
Recorded mintage: 6,000.
Specification: 7.50 g, 0.925 fine silver, 27 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-29.
- 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 Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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