WHM 59

  • WHM 59
  • Saudi
  • Medal
  • Abdulla bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (2005-2015)
  • 2008
  • Silver
  • Struck
  • Circular
  • 40mm
  • 31.01g
  • Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut), bought from Stephan Album rare coins inc., 24, lot 2168
  • Saudi Arabia. Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of Aramco. Oil concession was granted in 1933 under King Abdulaziz Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud. The drilling begun in 1936 at Dammam Well no. 7 that produced the first oil in commercial quantities in Saudi Arabia.This well was renamed Prosperity Well in 2008 by King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

طاقة للأجيال (above), 1933 (to left), 2008 (to right), ENERGY FOR GENERATIONS (below)

Busts of King Abdulaziz Al-Saud at the left facing right, and King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud at the right facing left.

 المملكة العربية السعودية (above, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), بئر الخير (to r., Prosperity Well), ٧٥ عام على تأسيس ارامكو (below, 75 years for the foundation of ARAMCO)

Oil field


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