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1/40 Riyal - Yahya
Country: Mutawakkilite Kingdom
(Yemen)
Denomination: 1/40 Riyal = 1 Buqsha
(0.025 YEI)
Year: 1341-1367 (1923-1948)
Material: Bronze
Weight: 5 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 29 mm
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: mutawakkilite kingdomyemen
Description:
Obverse
NOTE: different varieties exist.
Y#3.1 Without "Rabb al-Alamin", "Sana" below date.
Y#3.2 With "Rabb al-Alamin", "Sana" above date and small "Sana'a" and three leaf ornaments plus star in border legend.
Y#3.3 Large "Sana'a" in legend. Arrangements of legends, ornaments, form of the crescent, and size of the circle on reverse exist; weight varies.
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