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20 Buqshah
| Issuer | Yemen Arab Republic |
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| Year | 1963 |
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| Composition | Silver (.720) (Copper .280) |
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| Obverse lettering | الجمهورية العربية اليمنية ٢٠ بقشة (Translation: Arabic Republic of Yemen 20 Buqsha) |
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| Reverse lettering | ١٣٨٢ - ١٩٦٣ (Translation: 1382 - 1963) |
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The Yemen Arab Republic was proclaimed in September 1962 following a military coup that overthrew the Mutawakkilite Kingdom, and these early republican issues were struck while a civil war was actively being fought — Egyptian forces supporting the new republic against royalist forces backed by Saudi Arabia. Coinage was as much a political declaration as a practical necessity, establishing the republic's legitimacy on metal before the conflict was resolved. The war dragged on until 1970.