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50 Rials
| Issuer | Central Bank of Yemen |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Size | 147 × 65 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of crossed jambiya daggers within an arched frame, flanked by a large guilloche rosette at lower centre. Arabic denomination خمسون ريالاً appears in large script to the right of the vignette, with the issuer's name in Arabic at the top. Denomination numerals 50 repeated at lower left; a signature of the Minister of Finance appears at lower right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Yemen Arab Republic's first banknote series, of which this 50 Rials forms part, was issued following the consolidation of the republican government after years of civil war that had drawn in both Egyptian and Saudi forces. Bradbury Wilkinson — the New Malden firm that printed for dozens of newly independent and post-conflict states through this period — supplied the complete series, a common arrangement where a government without established financial infrastructure relied entirely on an overseas security printer.
P#10 is among the scarcer denominations in the series. The watermark remains the sole mechanical security feature, which reflects both the era and the limited resources of a state still stabilizing its institutions.