1 Rial

Features

Issuer	North Yemen
Issuing bank	Central Bank of Yemen (البنك المركزي اليمني)
Period	Yemen Arab Republic (1962-1990)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1396-1405 (1976-1985)
Calendar	Islamic (Hijri)
Value	1 Rial (1 YER)
Currency	Rial (decimalized, 1974-1990)
Composition	Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight	8 g
Diameter	28 mm
Thickness	1.8 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 6905
References	Y# 42 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes). , Schön# 131 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Coat of Arms (eagle flanked by two flags, crest and banner)

Script: Arabic

Lettering: الجمهورية العربية اليمنية

Translation: Yemen Arab Republic

Reverse

Letters of the Yemen Central Bank, value in circle

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
البنك المركزي اليمني
١
ريال
١٣٩٦-١٩٧٦

Translation:
Central Bank of Yemen
1
riyal
1396 - 1976

Edge

Milled

Mint

Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

Comments

The 1993 coin (printed date hijra year 1414, ١٤١٤- ١٩٩٣). This date is from three years after Yemeni unification in 1990, at which point the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) both ceased to exist. Thus, no Y.A.R. coin from 1993 exists; there is instead a 1993-issued Republic of Yemen 1 rial coin, and this is already listed on Numista under the country heading "Yemen". It is 19.95 mm instead of 28 mm, and the Arabic inscription on the banner on reverse is different from the earlier YAR coin of the same denomination.
Source: Currency in Yemen Through the Ages, Central Bank of Yemen, Sana'a, 2004, pp. 260-261.

Present in sets

Proof Coinage of the Yemen Arab Republic 1980

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1396 (1976)	7 800 000	$ 0.65	$ 0.65	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.90	١٣٩٦ - ١٩٧٦	68%
1400 (1980)	10 000						$ 5.80	١٤٠٠ - ١٩٨٠; Proof	1.7%
1405 (1985)			$ 0.92	$ 0.92	$ 0.92	$ 0.92	$ 1.20	١٤٠٥ - ١٩٨٥	43%

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