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50 Rials
| Issuer | Central Bank of Yemen |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A full-length vignette of the ancient bronze statue of Ma'adkarib occupies the left portion of the note, rendered in intaglio against a multicolour guilloche underprint of yellow, blue, and pink. The bank title in Arabic script appears across the top, with the denomination in Arabic numerals and text centred in the field alongside the issuing authority legend and Governor's signature. Ornate floral corner rosettes and an interlaced geometric border frame the entire composition. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Yemen's unification in 1990 left the merged central bank managing two incompatible currency systems — the Yemeni Rial of the north and the Yemeni Dinar of the south. This note belongs to the transitional series issued while that consolidation was still being worked through administratively, and the 1994 date is pointed: the civil war between northern and southern factions erupted that same year, with the south briefly declaring secession before being defeated by August.
Thomas De La Rue handled production throughout the series. The watermark is the sole security concession on this issue — modest by any measure, and easily replicated by the time regional instability made counterfeiting a practical concern.