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Yemeni dinar

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In 1984, the Bank of Yemen introduced 500 fils as well as 1 dinar, 5 dinar, and 10 dinar notes that are like the preceding issues of South Arabia, except the English text and printer's imprint have been removed from the front, the name of the issuer has changed and now appears on
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On 1 April 1965, the South Arabian Currency Authority introduced notes in denominations of 250 fils, 500 fils, 1 dinar, and 5 dinars. A 10 dinar note was issued on 1 July 1967.
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fils were introduced, followed by aluminium 10 fils and cupro-nickel 100 and 250 fils in 1981. The 10 fils was scalloped shaped whilst the 100 fils was
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in denominations of 1, 5, 25 and 50 fils. The 1 fils was struck in aluminium, the 5 fils in bronze and the higher two denominations in cupro-nickel.
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after Yemen's monetary unification on 1 July 1990. It was one of the two official currencies used in Yemen until 11 June 1996. It was subdivided into 1000
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In 1971, coins were issued in the name of "Democratic Yemen", changing to the "People's Democratic Republic of Yemen" in 1973. That year, aluminium
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in 1990. Dinar banknotes remained legal tender during a transitional period until 1996. The exchange rate during that period was £1 = 26 
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at a rate of 1 dinar = 20 shillings, thus setting the dinar initially equal to one
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This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.
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The dinar was introduced in 1965 as the South Arabian dinar, replacing the
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For a wider history surrounding currency in the region, see
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In 1965, coins (dated 1964) were introduced for both the
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Linzmayer, Owen (2012). "Democratic Republic of Yemen".
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1965 establishments in the Federation of South Arabia
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the back, along with the name of the capital (ADEN).
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Yemen 1321:Republika Srpska dinar 935: 926: 902: 893: 869: 860: 748: 739: 712: 703: 651: 642: 615: 606: 579: 570: 324:was replaced with the 265:) was the currency of 1090:Pick, Albert (1994). 962:East African shilling 934: 925: 901: 892: 868: 859: 747: 738: 711: 702: 678:Date palm and cotton 650: 641: 614: 605: 578: 569: 291:East African shilling 161:East African Shilling 126:500 fils, £1, £5, £10 1462:Currencies of Yemen 1412:Islamic State dinar 1316:Portuguese dinheiro 1298:Iraqi "Swiss" dinar 300:, it also used the 215:(till 11 June 1996) 21: 1311:Islamic gold dinar 1142:Numismatics portal 1013:1 dinar = 26 rials 984:1965 – 1990 936: 927: 903: 894: 870: 861: 749: 740: 713: 704: 652: 643: 616: 607: 580: 571: 322:South Yemeni dinar 306:South Yemeni dinar 41:Ten dinar banknote 1439: 1438: 1432: 1424: 1420:Modern gold dinar 1416: 1408: 1404:Kelantanese dinar 1400: 1381: 1373: 1354: 1346: 1333: 1325: 1307: 1268: 1260: 1252: 1244: 1236: 1228: 1220: 1212: 1204: 1054:The Banknote Book 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Index


ISO 4217
Symbol
Denominations
fils
East African Shilling
Yemeni rial
South Arabia
South Yemen
Yemen
Central bank
Bank of Yemen
Arabic
£
South Arabia
South Yemen
Republic of Yemen
East African shilling
pound
sterling
pound sign
Federation of South Arabia
Protectorate of South Arabia
South Yemen
Yemeni rial
North Yemen
YER
British currency in the Middle East
Federation of South Arabia
Protectorate of South Arabia

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