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1 Rial Sir Winston Churchill, Essai
| Issuer | North Yemen |
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| Year | 1965 |
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| Currency | Rial (1918-1974) |
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| Obverse description | Central shield of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen coat of arms, flanked by two crossed swords with a crown above and six five-pointed stars arranged around the shield. The fineness mark '720' appears in the lower field below the shield, with 'YEMEN' inscribed beneath. The word 'ESSAI' appears in Latin letters at the top of the field. The encircling legend reads in Arabic 'المملكة المتوكلية اليمنية' at the top and the Hijri date 'سنة ١٣٨٥هـ' at the left, with the denomination 'ONE RIAL' in Latin and 'ريال واحد' in Arabic flanking the lower sides of the design. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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North Yemen issued this essai — a trial piece submitted for official approval — in the same commemorative wave that followed Churchill's death in January 1965. Yemen was hardly alone; dozens of nations, many with no meaningful connection to Britain, rushed Churchill memorial coins to market that year, largely targeting the collector trade rather than circulation. The essai designation here indicates it never progressed beyond the approval stage for regular issue.
KM#E1 confirms this as the first essai catalogued for the Yemen Arab Republic series.