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10 Rials
| Issuer | Yemen Currency Board |
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| Year | 1969 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Al-Shadhili Mosque at left, set within an ornate arched cartouche framed by geometric guilloche borders in teal. Arabic inscriptions in bold intaglio text occupy the upper and central fields, including the denomination and issuing authority, with a facsimile signature below. Denomination numerals appear in the lower corners against a lightly patterned underprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | الجمهورية العربية اليمنية عشرة ريالات بناءً على قانون النقد عرضة لسند البنك اليمني |
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The Yemen Currency Board was a transitional institution, established after the end of British rule in Aden in 1967 to manage the new People's Democratic Republic of Yemen's monetary affairs before a proper central bank could be constituted. This series, printed by Bradbury Wilkinson at their New Malden works, was the first coinage-independent paper issue for the country — circulating alongside the South Arabian dinar it was in the process of replacing.
Bradbury Wilkinson's intaglio work for smaller newly independent nations in this period was technically accomplished but rarely lavish. The watermark remains the sole security feature, which was already considered minimal by late-1960s standards.