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Oman Baisa; Baiza; Omani Rial; Rial, Qatar
Dirhem
The rial is the currency of Oman. It is divided into 1000 baisa
Before the forties the Indian rupee and the Maria Theresa Thaler (known
locally as the rial) were the main currencies circulating in Muscat and
Oman, as the state was then known, with rupees circulating on the coast
and Thaler in the interior.
In the seventies the rial Saidi was made
the currency of Oman. The rial Omani replaced the rial
Saidi at par in the seventies.
Banknotes of
100 baiza, ¼, ½, 1, 5 and 10 rial saidi were issued followed by
notes for 100 baiza, ¼, ½, 1, 5 and 10 rial omani issued by the Oman
Currency Board. Currently circulating are:
100 baisa , ½ rial , 1 rial , 5 rial , 10 rial , 20 rial ,ģand
50 rial omani
The riyal is the currency of Qatar. It is divided into 100 dirham.
Until the sixties Qatar used the Indian rupee as currency, in the form of Gulf
rupees.Then briefly adopted the Saudi riyal, followed by the Qatar and
Dubai riyal.
Until 1973, Qatar and Dubai jointly issued the riya bur following
Dubai's entrance into the United Arab Emirates, Qatar began issuing the
Qatari riyal by itself.
In the sixties 1, 5,
10, 25, 50 and 100 riya were issuedl. replaced later by notes of
the Qatar Monetary Agency in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500
riyal. In 1996, the Qatar Central Bank (QCB) took over the issuance of
paper money .
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