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  World Paper Money Catalog and History

Yemen Republic banknotes (from 1990)
Yemen Arab Republic banknotes (till 1990)
Yemen paper money catalog and Yemeni currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Ottoman currency, till 1919
  • various currencies, 1919-1963
  • Yemen Arab Republic Rial = 40 Buqshas, 1963-1990
  • Yemeni Rial = (1/26 South Yemeni Dinar) = 40 Buqshas, 1990-1995
  • Yemeni Rial = 100 Fils, from 1995

• For earlier issues see:
  • Turkey (North Yemen) , till 1919
• For South Yemen(Aden) see:
  • Yemen Democratic Republic (Aden), united with Yemen AR in 1990

• To purchase Yemeni banknotes, please check our inventory :
  World banknotes countries A-Z

Pick #	Date
		Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), 1962-1990
1-3	(1964)	1, 5, 10 rials
4-10	(1969)	10, 20 Buqshas, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 rials
11-16	(1973-6)	1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 rials
16B-21A	(1979-85)	1, 5, 10, 20, 100, 100 rials
		Yemen Republic (United South and North Yemen), from 1990
23-30,32	(1990-8)	10, 10, 20, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000 rials
31-33	2001-4	500, 1.000, 1.000 rials
34-36	2007-	250, 500, 1.000 rials
37-	2017-	100, 200, 500, 1.000 rials