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5 Rials 1964
| Issuer | Central Bank of Yemen |
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| Year | 1964-1967 |
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| Currency | Rial (1918-1974) |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of the Yemen Arab Republic — an eagle with spread wings above a shield charged with the ancient Marib dam, flanked by traditional motifs and a scroll inscribed with the republic's name — is set to the left against a red guilloche underprint. Arabic inscriptions in multiple lines occupy the centre, including the denomination and issuing authority text, with a large ornate vignette of the numeral '5' in the corners. Serial numbers appear at upper right and lower left. |
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| Protection description | the national arms (eagle) visible in the blank oval panel on the reverse side when held to light. |
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Yemen's Central Bank was itself barely established when this note entered circulation — the institution was founded in 1961, only three years before this series was issued, making the entire monetary infrastructure of the country effectively new. The Yemen Arab Republic had emerged from the 1962 revolution that deposed the Imamate, and the subsequent civil war, which drew in Egyptian and Saudi forces on opposing sides, ran the full length of this note's issued dates.
Bradbury Wilkinson printed for dozens of newly independent and post-revolutionary states during this period, and their New Malden facility handled the Yemen account without incident. Pick 2 is the second note ever catalogued for this issuer — there wasn't much before it.