Catalog
10 Buqshas
| Issuer | Central Bank of Yemen |
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| Year | 1966 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | At centre right, a vignette reproduces an ancient dedicatory stone inscription from the temple of Ma'rib, its Sabaean script rendered in precise intaglio detail within a decorative lace-pattern guilloche frame. The denomination numeral 10 appears at each corner, and an open guilloche rosette occupies the left portion of the note, with a further decorative rosette at lower centre. The overall colour scheme is brown with light blue guilloche elements. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Yemen's first central bank notes, introduced following the 1962 revolution that ended Mutawakkilite Kingdom rule, replaced the old Maria Theresa thaler-based system with a decimal one. The buqsha — one-fortieth of a rial — was itself a short-lived unit; this denomination disappeared from circulation relatively quickly as inflation made small-value notes impractical.
Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility handled security printing for numerous newly independent states through the 1960s, and the Central Bank of Yemen was among their standard postcolonial clientele. The watermark is the sole security feature — modest even by the standards of the period.