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| Saudi Arabia Gold Guinea |
Gold Saudi Arabian Guinea coin (Trade Coinage = 40 Riyals = British Sovereign)
COIN CONTAINS .2355 OUNCES OF PURE GOLD
Obverse: "Struck in Makkah Mukkarama" written within beaded circle with date, One Guinea of Saudi
Arabia (above), value below within design flanked by palm trees.
Reverse: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (top), inscription within beaded circle, legend above, crossed swords below within design flanked by palm trees. Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman Al-Saud (centre circle).
Saudi Arabia Gold Guinea
Minted 1950 (Hejira 1370)
KM#36 Guinea (40 Riyals). Weight: 7.98g [7.9881g]. Metal: 0.917 Gold. Diameter: 22.00 mm.
Edge: Reeded. Alignment: Medal. Mint: N/A.
Mintage: 2,000,000. Minted Years: One year type.
Ruler: Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al-Saud.
Saudi Arabia has produced only five gold coin issues in its history, and gold guineas were minted for just one year, 1950 (Hejira date 1370), as trade coinage. They are exactly the same size and weight as British gold sovereigns, upon which they were modeled.
These coins are quite striking and unusual. Both the obverse and reverse feature scripted Arabic legends inside and outside of a circle. At the bottom of the obverse are the traditional crossed swords of the kingdom, flanked by two palm trees. At the bottom of the reverse appears the Arabic numeral 1, again flanked by palms. A total of 2 million coins were minted.