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Yemeni rial

Yemeni rial: a currency still in use.

Dates in use
Still in use; introduction date not established here
Currency code
YER
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Yemeni rial: documented and qualified family connections PREDECESSORS THIS CURRENCY SUCCESSORS South Arabian / South Yemeni dinarSouth Arabian / South Yemenidinar 1990–1996 · DocumentedLater contribution or absorptionDocumented connection · 1990–1996 Yemeni rialYemeni rial YER No successor is established here.

The story

Bundesbank records reciprocal legal-tender recognition in North and South Yemen on 4 May 1990 at one Yemeni dinar to 26 Yemeni rials, preceding political unification on 22 May. [1]

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  1. Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics C597 ↗

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“Yemeni rial.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000320.html

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