Yemen 1979 50 fils

Steve Album sale 30, lot 1026

This type was issued by Yemen in 1974, 1979-80 and 1985, along with a one, five, ten, twenty-five fils and one riyal. This specimen was lot 1026 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $141. The catalog description^[1] noted, "YEMEN: 50 fils, 1979/AH1399, PCGS Specimen pop-4/2, total 8, PCGS graded Specimen 65."

Recorded mintage: 4,000,000.

Specification: 5.3 g, copper-nickel, 24 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM Y37.

Source:

• 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 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

Link to:

• 1975/AH 1395 2½ riyals, oil exploration
• 1975/AH 1395 5 riyals, Mona Lisa
• 1975/AH 1395 15 riyals, Arab Jerusalem
• 1975/AH 1395 15 riyals, Montreal Olympics
• 1978/AH 1398 riyal, F.A.O.
• 1979/AH 1399 25 fils
• 1981/AH 1401 500 rials, International Year of Disabled Persons
• South Yemen 1982 25 fils
• Coins and currency dated 1979
• return to coins of Yemen