Coins from Yemen

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• Mutawakkilite Kingdom
  • Riyal (1904-1963)
  • Local Hammered Coinage (1802-1818)
  • Yemen Eyalet - Uthmani (1517-1636)
• South Arabia
  • Dinar (1965-1967)
• Yemen
  • Rial (1990-date)
• Yemen - Arab Republic
  • Rial (1963-1974)
  • Rial (decimalized, 1974-1990)
• Yemen - People's Democratic Republic
  • Dinar (1967-1996)
• Yemenite states › Al-Ghurfah
  • Qu'aiti - Riyal
• Yemenite states › Kathiri Sultanate
  • Kathiri - Riyal
• Yemenite states › Lahej, Sultanate of
  • Baiza
• Yemenite states › Mukalla
  • Qu'aiti - Riyal
• Yemenite states › Qu'aiti Sultanate
  • Countermarked Coinage (1890)
  • Qu'aiti - Riyal
• Yemenite states › Ra's Bab al-Mandab
  • Riyal (countermarked coinage, c. 1880-1890)
• Yemenite states › Tarim
  • Kathiri - Riyal

Yemen › South Arabia • Dinar (1965-1967)

1000 Fils = 20 Dirhams = 1 Dinar

50 Fils / 1 Dirham
1964
Copper-nickel • 9.1 g • ⌀ 27.7 mm
KM# 4, Schön# 4

Yemen • Rial (1990-date)

100 Fils = 1 Rial • 26 Yemeni rials = 1 South yemeni dinar (1990-1996)

1 Rial
1414 (1993)
Stainless steel • 2.65 g • ⌀ 19.95 mm
KM# 25, Schön# 162

5 Rials
1414-1425 (1994-2004)
Stainless steel • 4.5 g • ⌀ 22.9 mm
KM# 26, Schön# 163

10 Rials
1416-1430 (1995-2009)
Stainless steel • 6.05 g • ⌀ 26 mm
KM# 27, Schön# 164

20 Rials
1425 (2004)
Bimetallic: brass plated steel center in stainless steel ring • 7.1 g • ⌀ 29.85 mm
KM# 29, Schön# 165

20 Rials
1427 (2006)
Stainless steel • 6.62 g • ⌀ 30 mm
KM# 29a, Schön# 166

500 Rials (Sana'a)
1425 (2004)
Non-circulating coin : Sana'a 2004 the Arab Cultural Capital
Nickel brass • 21.25 g • ⌀ 35.2 mm
KM# 30, Schön# 169

500 Rials (Sana'a; gilt)
1425 (2004)
Non-circulating coin : Sana'a 2004 the Arab Cultural Capital
Gold plated copper-nickel • 13 g • ⌀ 30 mm
KM# 32, Schön# 168

1000 Rials (Sana'a)
1425 (2004)
Non-circulating coin : Sana'a 2004 the Arab Cultural Capital
Pewter • 73.3 g • ⌀ 60.3 mm
KM# 31, Schön# 170

5000 Rials (Ali Abdullah Saleh)
1424 (2003)
Non-circulating coin : President Ali Abdullah Saleh
Silver (.900) • 22.2 g • ⌀ 37 mm
KM# 33

Yemen › Yemen - Arab Republic • Rial (1963-1974)

40 Buqsha = 1 Rial

1/80 Rial
1382 (1963)
Bronze • 3.2 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Y# 20, Schön# 103

1/80 Rial
1382-13882 (1963)
Bronze • 3.1 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Y# 21, Schön# 102

½ Buqshah
1382 (1963)
Copper-aluminium • 2.33 g • ⌀ 18.0 mm
Y# 26, Schön# 109

½ Buqshah
1382 (1963)
Bronze • ⌀ 21 mm
Y# 32, Schön# 101

1/40 Rial
1382-1384 (1963-1965)
Bronze (or brass) • 5.5 g • ⌀ 26.4 mm
Y# 22, Schön# 104

1 Buqshah
1382 (1963)
Copper-aluminium • 3.6 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Y# 27, Schön# 110

1/20 Rial
1382 (1963)
Silver (.720) • ⌀ 15 mm
Y# 23, Schön# 105

2 Buqshah
1382 (1963)
Copper-aluminium • 4.91 g • ⌀ 23 mm
Y# A27, Schön# 111

1/10 Rial
1382 (1963)
Silver (.720) • ⌀ 17.90 mm
Y# 24, Schön# 106

5 Buqshah
1382 (1963)
Silver (.720) • 2.5 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Y# 28, Schön# 112