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25 Rials IYDP, Piedfort
| Issuer | Central Bank of Yemen |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central coat of arms of the Yemen Arab Republic displayed prominently in the field, depicting an eagle with spread wings. The circular legend in Arabic script surrounds the design, with the issuer name and dual date (1401 AH - 1981 AD) inscribed along the lower portion of the legend. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The International Year of Disabled Persons, declared by the UN for 1981, prompted a wave of commemorative issues from member states — most of them unremarkable silver pieces in standard weights. Yemen's piedfort is the exception. At roughly double the planchet thickness of the circulation strike, piedforts were almost never produced by Arab monetary authorities during this period, making this an unusual exercise in a minting tradition historically associated with French and British proof coinage.
KM#P1 designation confirms it as Yemen's first catalogued piedfort. The Central Bank issued it in extremely limited numbers, almost certainly for collector distribution rather than any domestic market.