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5 Rials
| Issuer | Central Bank of Yemen |
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| Year | 1969 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in rose-red tones with an intricate guilloche underprint at centre. A vignette of an ancient lion head sculpture appears at left, rendered in intaglio. Arabic inscriptions naming the Arab Republic of Yemen and the denomination occupy the upper and central fields, with the serial number printed twice in red at top right and lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | الجمهورية العربية اليمنية خمسة ريال بناءً على قانون العملة عن لجنة النقد اليمنية المدير العام |
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The Yemen Arab Republic's Central Bank issued this note in 1969, just over a decade after the Imamate was overthrown in the 1962 revolution. Bradbury Wilkinson, working from their New Malden facility, were among the most prolific suppliers of currency to newly established Arab states during this period — their client list in the 1960s reads like a register of post-colonial monetary transitions.
Pick 7 is the second signature variety in the series. Watermark-only security was already considered minimal by international standards at the time of issue, though Yemen's geographic isolation kept counterfeiting pressure low throughout the early republican years.