2019-11-13 Wed

The Yemen Arab Republic, also known as North Yemen or Yemen, was a country from 1962 to 1990 in the western part of what is now Yemen. Its capital was at Sana’a. It united with the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, on May 22, 1990, to form the current Republic of Yemen.

The official currency of Yemen is the Yemeni Rial ir the North Yemeni Rial. The Rial is sub-divided into 100 fils. After the union between the North (the Yemen Arab Republic) and the South (the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) in 1990, both the northern rial and the southern dinar remained legal tender during a transitional period.

Today we are looking at a 50 Rials banknote issued in 1973. The obverse has a bronze statue of Ma'adkarib "Bronze man" found in Al Baydah (ancient Nashqum), now in Louvre Museum in Paris, France, to left. The reverse features Bab Al-Yemen Gate in Sana'a. This note has the official Coat of Arms depicting a golden eagle as its watermark.

Image Courtesy: Roberts World Money