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Yemen: No.31b Five Hundred Rials

Image courtesy of Claudio Marana

For this variety, dated 2007/1428, there are several changes to the earlier variety dated 2001/1422. These changes are:

• The foil strip has been modified, with the number 500 (٥٠٠) appearing twice between the shields; whereas it appeared only once in the previous variety
• The foil strip is located further to the right and the lower serial number is now to the left of the foil strip
• The text below 'The Central Bank of Yemen' (in Arabic) on the front of the note is now black, whereas it was brown on the previous issue.