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Oman: No.18 Five rials
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First issued 18 November 1976.
Size 155 mm x 78 mm.
Signature Tarik bin Taimur (Chief Executive of the Central Bank of Oman).
Watermark The Khanjar.
Security thread Solid.
Printer Bradbury Wilkinson & Co.
Illustration The Khanjar (the emblem of the Sultanate).
Back
Illustration Nizwa Fort. This is visually the most impressive of all the Omani forts, as it has a huge round tower that dominates the surrounding landscape. It was built by Sultan bin Seif over three hundred years ago after he had evicted the Portuguese from Muscat. The fort took twelve years to build and reportedly cost eighty thousand crowns. Nizwa has always been considered the key possession for anyone aspiring to control the old Oman and for many years was the Imamate capital.