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Yemeni rial: research record

Evidence coverage: 1990–1996. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Currency continuity

Yemeni rial

YER · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Current currency in the inherited endpoint register.
Dated observations: 1990–1996; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

South Arabian / South Yemeni dinarabsorbed into existing currency · 1990–1996 · later absorption or contribution
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Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Unit and issue records 1 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Yemeni Rial — endpoint research dossierFTM000770 · C597
Monetary history 1 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

4 May 1990: reciprocal tender recognition reportedTerritorial mutual legal tender

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.

C597
Evidence & research notes 2 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C597

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.

Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics Citation S329 · Open source ↗

PDF p.267, Yemen, 1990 currency-history entry

Supported C1151

South Yemeni dinar → Yemeni rial; shared tender from 1990, final exchange in 1996.

Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 Citation S98 · Open source ↗

YER entry, currency history; Bundesbank PDF, 24 September 2025 edition.

Source access and limitations

Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.

Only selected country milestones used.

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