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Oman: No.9 One half rial
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First issued 18 November 1972.
Withdrawal date 9 March 1979.
Size 134 mm x 67 mm.
Signature Mahmood Muhammad Murad (President of the Oman Currency Board).
Watermark The Khanjar.
Security thread Solid.
Printer Bradbury Wilkinson & Co.
Illustration The Khanjar (the emblem of the Sultanate).
Back
Illustration Sumail Fort. This fort lies at the end of the Sumail Gap in the town of the same name, and has usually been considered the strategic point to the interior. Throughout the history of the Sultanate many attacks were either launched from here to the coast, or it was the first point captured before an attack from the coast continued into the interior.