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!
2 Buqshah
| Issuer | North Yemen |
|---|---|
| Year | 1963 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 2 Buqshas (1/20) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | 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 raised circular boss encloses the Arabic numeral '2' above the denomination legend 'بقشة' (Buqshah) in the field. Surrounding the central boss, the outer annular field is decorated with elegant arabesque foliate scrollwork in low relief. The Arabic legend 'الجمهورية العربية اليمنية' (Yemen Arab Republic) arcs across the upper periphery. The coin is struck with a milled border of fine beading running along the entire rim. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | الجمهورية العربية اليمنية ٢ بقشة |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
North Yemen's coinage in this period was struck under the Mutawakkilite Kingdom, which collapsed almost immediately — the September 1962 coup that killed Imam Ahmad's successor Muhammad al-Badr within days of his accession triggered a civil war that would grind on until 1970. Coins dated 1963 were produced as the royalist and republican factions were already fighting, backed respectively by Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Many never reached meaningful circulation in the fractured country.