The Banknotes of Yemen (part of the Reference Site for Islamic Banknotes)

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).

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

Signature 1		Abdul Ghani Ali (Minister of the Treasury)
Signature 2		Abdul Ghani Ali (Minister of the Treasury & Economy)
Signature 3		Ahmad al-Ruhumi (Minister of the Treasury)
Signature 4		Ahmad Abdu Said (Minister of the Treasury)
Signature 5		Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani (Governor & Chairman of the Central Bank)
Signature 6		Abdulla Mohamed al-Sanabani (Governor & Chairman of the Central Bank)
Signature 7		Abdulla Mohamed al-Sanabani (Governor & Chairman of the Central Bank)
Signature 8		Muhammad Ahmad Gunaid (Governor of the Central Bank)
Signature 9		Aluwi Salih al-Salami (Governor of the Central Bank)
Signature 10		Ahmed Abdul Rahman al-Samawi (Governor of the Central Bank)