Yemen 1975 20 rials

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 1545

This specimen was lot 1545 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $720. The catalog description^[1] noted, "YEMEN: AV 20 rials, 1975/AH1395, Albakiriah Mosque, octagonal flan, mintage of only 3,500 pieces, NGC graded Proof 68 Ultra Cameo, S." The denomination, normally spelled riyals, is spelled rials on this and other issues of 1975. Perhaps the minters in Italy did not understand the function of the "y".

Recorded mintage: unknown + 3,500 proofs.

Specification: 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM-18, Fr-23.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

• 1975/AH 1395 2½ rials, oil exploration
• 1975/AH 1395 5 rials, Mona Lisa
• 1975/AH 1395 15 rials, Arab Jerusalem
• 1975/AH 1395 75 rials, Montreal Olympics
• Coins and currency dated 1975