1⁄40 Riyal - Ahmad Bronze; large "Sanaa" and with "Sana"

1⁄40 Riyal - Ahmad (Bronze; large "Sanaa" and with "Sana") - obverse1⁄40 Riyal - Ahmad (Bronze; large "Sanaa" and with "Sana") - reverse

© Joseph Kunnappally

Features

Issuer Mutawakkilite Kingdom (North Yemen)
King Ahmad bin Yahya (1948-1962)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1368-1377 (1949-1958)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 1⁄40 Rial
Currency Rial (1918-1974)
Composition Bronze
Weight 6.8 g
Diameter 26.7 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
11746
References Y# 12.1,
Richard S. Yeoman, Arthur L. Friedberg; 2007. A Catalog of Modern World Coins : 1850-1964 (14th edition). Whitman Publishing Company, Atlanta, United States.
And 1 more volumes.
Schön# 10
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Crescent below Accession date 1367

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
الله
نصر
١٣٦٧
أحمد الحميد الدين
امير المؤمنين الناصر الدين الله رب العالمين

Translation:
God, Victory
1367
Ahmad al-Hamid al-Din
King of the believers Nasir al-Din, God Lord of the Worlds

Reverse

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
ضرب بصنعا
الله
لا اله الا
سنة
١٣٧٤
ربع عشر

Translation:
Struck in Sana'a
There's no god but God
Year 1374
One Fortieth

Edge

Plain

Comments

Some dates exist on thinner planchets and weight varies

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1368 (1949)  11% ١٣٦٨
1368 (1949)  1.2% ١٣٦٨ with wrong accession date ١٣٧٧٦
1369 (1950)  7% ١٣٦٩
1370 (1951)  12% ١٣٧٠
1371 (1952)  5% ١٣٧١
1372 (1953)  9% ١٣٧٢
1373 (1954)  $ 6.90 35% ١٣٧٣
1373 (1954) 1 3% ١٣٧٣/١
1373 (1954) 2 3% ١٣٧٣/٢
1374 (1955)  $ 5.40 32% ١٣٧٤
1375 (1956) 4 18% ١٣٧٥/٤
1377 (1958)  8% ١٣٧٧ Requires Confirmation

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