Reference Site for Islamic Banknotes

South Yemen

The definitive work on the bank notes issued in Yemen is 'The Bank Notes of Yemen' by Peter Symes, Murray Hanewich and Keith Street. Click here to see details of the book. Catalogue references from 'The Bank Notes of Yemen' are shown in the chart below under the heading 'SHS' (Symes, Hanewich, Street).

Signature 1 John Ashington Owen
(Secretary of SACA)		 Sheikh Abdul Bari Ali Bazara
(President of SACA)
Signature 2 J. L. Ireland
(Secretary of SACA)		 Sheikh Abdul Bari Ali Bazara
(President of SACA)
Signature 3 Salem Mohamed al-Ashwali
(Governor of the Bank of Yemen)		 Mahmud Said Mahdi
(Minister of Finance)
Signature 4 Salem Mohamed al-Ashwali
(Governor of the Bank of Yemen)		 Ahmad Nasir al-Danami
(Minister of Finance)

 

Link to the page that explains how serial number prefixes are constructed for the notes of South Yemen. Click here to see how the serial number prefixes
are constructed for the notes issued in South Yemen.

 

SCWPM SHS Denomination Signature Prefix Range
Bank of Yemen
9 a A9 a 10 Dinars Sig. 3 هـ​ا/‎1 – هـ​ا/‎9
  b   b   Sig. 4 هـ​ا/‎10 – هـ​ا/‎19
8 a A8 a 5 Dinars Sig. 3 د​ا/‎1 – د​ا/‎21
  b   b   Sig. 4 د​ا/‎22 – د​ا/‎50
7   A7   1 Dinar Sig. 3 ج​ا/‎1 – ج​ا/‎28
6   A6   500 Fils Sig. 3 ب​ا/‎1 – ب​ا/‎20
South Arabian Currency Authority
5   A5   10 Dinars Sig. 2 A1 - Z2
4 a A4 a 5 Dinars Sig. 1 A1 - V2
  b   b   Sig. 2 D3 - K21
3 a A3 a 1 Dinar Sig. 1 A1 - Z3
  b   b   Sig. 2 C6 - B18
2 a A2 a 500 Fils Sig. 1 A1 - V2
  b   b   Sig. 2 D4 - N13
1 a A1 a 250 Fils Sig. 1 A1 - C3
  b   b   Sig. 2 S4 - E15

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