Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
100 Rials
| Issuer | Central Bank of Yemen |
|---|---|
| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central vignette of Socotra dragon blood trees (Dracaena cinnabari) set against a decorative underprint with qamariya stained glass window geometric patterns. The outline of a mosque is incorporated as a latent image security device. Guilloche patterning frames the composition with Arabic and numeral denomination indicators. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Central Bank of Yemen One Hundred Rials |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Yemen's currency fracture after 2015 created a situation where two competing monetary authorities — the Aden-based internationally recognized government and the Sana'a-based Houthi administration — each issued or manipulated the rial, triggering severe inflation and widespread rejection of newer notes in Houthi-controlled areas. This 2018 issue from the Central Bank, by then relocated to Aden, was part of that contested monetary environment. Goznak's involvement is consistent with Russian state printing's long history of supplying currency to governments with limited access to Western printers.