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25 Rials Oil Exploration
| Issuer | North Yemen |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Value | 25 Rials (25 YER) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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| Mintage | 1395 (1975) ni - 1975 ١٣٩٥ - 1395 (1975) ni - 1975 ١٣٩٥ Mint Sets (KM#MS2) - 1395 (1975) ni - 1975 ١٣٩٥ Proof Sets Only (KM#PS6) - 3,500 |
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Issued to mark the commencement of oil exploration in the Yemen Arab Republic, this piece appeared years before any commercially viable petroleum was actually found — that came only in 1984, when Hunt Oil struck deposits in the Marib governorate. The optimism encoded in this coin proved premature by nearly a decade.