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50 Fils / 1 Dirham
| Issuer | People's Democratic Republic of Yemen |
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| Year | 1976-1984 |
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| Value | 50 Fils (0.050 YDD) |
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| Obverse description | Central device comprising a large eight-pointed star rendered in an interlaced geometric style, each point adorned with raised oval pellets, occupying the majority of the field. The Arabic legend curving along the upper periphery reads the full official name of the issuing state, with the Latin legend PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF YEMEN arcing along the lower periphery. The overall design reflects traditional Islamic geometric ornamentation. |
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| Reverse description | A traditional Arabian dhow under full sail occupies the central field, depicted in fine detail with a large lateen-rigged mainsail and a smaller foresail, the hull rendered with careful attention to the vessel's characteristic form. The denomination 50 FILS appears along the left periphery in Latin script, with the Eastern Arabic numeral ٥٠ and the Arabic legend فلسا درهم واحد to the right. The mint year in Western Arabic numerals appears in the exergue below the dhow. |
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The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen — South Yemen — was the Arab world's only Marxist state, established after British withdrawal from Aden in 1967. This coin circulated during a period of Soviet-backed central planning, nationalizations, and a genuine attempt to build socialist infrastructure in one of the poorest territories in the region. The dual denomination — 50 Fils and 1 Dirham simultaneously — reflects the transitional currency system inherited from the Federation of South Arabia, never fully rationalized before the state itself collapsed into civil war in 1986.