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).
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Abdul Ghani Ali (Minister of the Treasury) |
| Signature 2 | Abdul Ghani Ali (Minister of the Treasury & Economy) |
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| Signature 3 | Ahmad al-Ruhumi (Minister of the Treasury) |
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| Signature 4 | ![]() |
Ahmad Abdu Said (Minister of the Treasury) |
| Signature 5 | Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani (Governor & Chairman of the Central Bank) |
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| Signature 6 | Abdulla Mohamed al-Sanabani (Governor & Chairman of the Central Bank) |
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Abdulla Mohamed al-Sanabani (Governor & Chairman of the Central Bank) |
| Signature 8 | Muhammad Ahmad Gunaid (Governor of the Central Bank) |
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| Signature 9 | Aluwi Salih al-Salami (Governor of the Central Bank) |
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| Signature 10 | Ahmed Abdul Rahman al-Samawi (Governor of the Central Bank) |
| SCWPM | SHS | Denomination | Image | Signature | Date | Prefix Range | Comments | ||
| Central Bank of Yemen – Third Issue | |||||||||
| NL | NL | 250 Rials | Image | Sig. ?? | To be issued on 14 November 2009. | ||||
| 33 | 32 | 1000 Rials | Image | Sig. 10 | 2004/1424 | ٣/ب – ١/ب | Similar in design to the previous 1000-rial note, but significant differences exist. | ||
| Sig. 10 | 2006/1427 | ١/ج – | |||||||
| 31 | a | 31 | a | 500 Rials | Image | Sig. 10 | 2001/1422 | ١٥/ا – ٢/ا | Similar in design to the 1000 rial note. Replacement notes have ٩٩/ا |
| b | 31 | b | Image | Sig. 10 | 2007/1428 | ١/ب – | Modified design (see details on link from 'Image'). | ||
| 32 | 30 | 1000 Rials | Image | Sig. 10 | ٣/ب – ١/ا | ||||
| 30 | 29 | 500 Rials | Sig. 9 | ٦٦/وا – ١/وا | |||||
| 29 | 28 | 200 Rials | Sig. 9 | ٢٨/هـج – ١/هـا | |||||
| 25 | 27 | 20 Rials | Sig. 8 | ٤/بهـ – ٢/بب | Coastal view on back. | ||||
| 28 | 26 | a | 100 Rials | Sig. 8 | ٥١/دا – ١/دا | Watermark 3d | |||
| b | Sig. 8 | ٨٤/دو – ٥٠/دا | Watermark 3g. | ||||||
| c | Sig. 9 | ٢٩/دك – ٢٤/دك | Watermark 3g. | ||||||
| 27 | 25 | a | 50 Rials | Sig. 8 | ٦٠/جا – ١/جا | Watermark 3d; fluorescent values not in blocks. (No caption.) | |||
| b | Sig. 8 | ٢١/جب – ٦١/جا | Watermark 3d; fluorescent values in blocks. (No caption.) | ||||||
| 27A | c | Sig. 8 | ٢٧/جح – ٢٢/جب | Caption in Arabic on back. | |||||
| d | Sig. 8 | ٧٧/جح – ٢٨/جح | Watermark 3g; fluorescent values in blocks. (No caption.) | ||||||
| e | Sig. 9 | ٩٥/جح – ٥٣/جح | Caption in Arabic on back. | ||||||
| 26 | a | 24 | a | 20 Rials | Sig. 8 | ٥١/ب – ١/ا | No shading behind name of the bank (front). | ||
| b | b | Sig. 8 | ١/بب – ١/با | Shading behind name of the bank (front). | |||||
| 23 | 23 | a | 10 Rials | Sig. 8 | ٢٠/ا – ١/ا | Watermark 2; '10' in upper right on back. | |||
| b | Sig. 8 | ٢/اج – ١/اا | Watermark 3a; '10' in upper right on back. | ||||||
| 24 | c | Sig. 8 | ٤/اهـ – ٣/اج | Caption in Arabic on back; '10' in lower right. | |||||
| Central Bank of Yemen – Second Issue | |||||||||
| 21A | 22 | 100 Rials | Sig. 7 | ٨٠/ا – ١/ا | Bank building on back. | ||||
| 19 | a | 21 | a | 20 Rials | Sig. 7 | ٣١/ا – ١/ا | |||
| b | b | Sig. 8 | ٢٥/ب – ٣١/ا | Solid shading behind bank's name on back. | |||||
| c | c | Sig. 8 | ٥٦/ب – ٢٥/ب | Striped shading behind bank's name on back. | |||||
| 18 | a | 20 | a | 10 Rials | Sig. 5 | ١/غج – ١/اج | |||
| b | b | Sig. 7 | ١٢/ج – ٦١/ا | Serial numbers fluoresce. | |||||
| c | Sig. 7 | ٦٢/ج – ١٣/ج | Serial numbers do not fluoresce. | ||||||
| 17 | a | 19 | a | 5 Rials | Sig. 5 | ٣/غب – ١/اب | |||
| b | b | Sig. 7 | ٧٥/ا – ١/ا | Serial numbers fluoresce. | |||||
| c | Sig. 7 | ١/ب – ٧٦/ا | Serial numbers do not fluoresce. | ||||||
| c | d | Sig. 8 | ٢/ج – ٢/ب | ||||||
| 16B | 18 | 1 Rial | Sig. 7 | ١١/ب – ١٢/ا | |||||
| 21 | 17 | 100 Rials | Sig. 6 | ٣/غو – ١/او | |||||
| Central Bank of Yemen – First Issue | |||||||||
| 16 | 16 | 100 Rials | Sig. 5 | ٣٥/ا – ١/ا | View of Ta'izz on the back. | ||||
| 15 | a | 15 | a | 50 Rials | Sig. 5 | ٥٣/ا – ١/ا | |||
| b | b | Sig. 7 | ٨٩/ا – ١/ا | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | 20 Rials | Sig. 5 | ٣٥/ا – ١/ا | |||||
| 13 | a | 13 | a | 10 Rials | Sig. 5 | ٣٨/ا – ١/ا | |||
| b | b | Sig. 7 | ٦٠/ا – ١/ا | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | 5 Rials | Sig. 5 | ٤٨/ا – ١/ا | |||||
| 11 | a | 11 | a | 1 Rial | Sig. 5 | ٦٧/ا – ١/ا | |||
| b | b | Sig. 7 | ١١/ا – ١/ا | ||||||
| Yemen Currency Board – Second Issue | |||||||||
| 10 | 10 | 50 Rials | Sig. 4 | ٣/ا – ١/ا | |||||
| 9 | 9 | 20 Rials | Sig. 4 | ٤/ا – ١/ا | |||||
| 8 | 8 | 10 Rials | Sig. 4 | ١٠/ا – ١/ا | |||||
| 7 | 7 | 5 Rials | Sig. 4 | ١٩/ا – ١/ا | |||||
| 6 | 6 | 1 Rial | Sig. 4 | ٣/ب – ١/ا | |||||
| 5 | 5 | 20 Buqshas | Sig. 3 | ٢٠/ا – ١/ا | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 10 Buqshas | Sig. 3 | ٤٠/ا – ١/ا | |||||
| Yemen Currency Board – First Issue | |||||||||
| 3 | a | 3 | a | 10 Rials | Sig. 1 | ٣/ا – ١/ا | |||
| b | b | Sig. 2 | ٥/ا – ٤/ا | ||||||
| 2 | a | 2 | a | 5 Rials | Sig. 1 | ٧/ا – ١/ا | |||
| b | b | Sig. 2 | ١١/ا – ٨/ا | ||||||
| 1 | a | 1 | a | 1 Rial | Sig. 1 | ٣٠/ا – ١/ا | |||
| b | b | Sig. 2 | ٤٠/ا – ٣١/ا | ||||||