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1 Rial
| Issuer | Yemen Arab Republic, Central Bank of Yemen |
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| Year | 1969 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | An alabaster pre-Islamic sculptural head vignette at left, set within an elaborate guilloche framework. Central panel carries the denomination in Arabic script alongside the issuing authority text, with a manuscript signature below. The legend of the Yemen Arab Republic appears in Arabic along the upper border, with serial number printed twice in green at upper right and lower left. |
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| Reverse description | A detailed intaglio vignette of traditional multi-storey tower houses of Sana'a occupies the centre-right, with a prominent minaret rising among the buildings. A large oval guilloche underprint in pale rose fills the left portion of the note, serving as the watermark zone. The English inscription 'ARAB REPUBLIC OF YEMEN' runs along the top border, with the denomination 'ONE RIAL' at right in two lines. |
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The Central Bank of Yemen was itself a new institution when this note was issued — established only in 1971, which means P#6 almost certainly predates the formal central bank and was issued under an earlier transitional monetary authority, making the catalog attribution worth scrutinizing. Yemen Arab Republic currency of this period was competing for legitimacy against the parallel monetary systems operating in the south, where the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen was issuing its own series.
Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility printed for dozens of newly independent states during this period, and their security work was considered among the most reliable available to governments without domestic printing capacity.