Yemen AH 1371 c/m 1 tallero
The Mutawakkilite Kingdom began forming in 1890 AD, but it was not until 1911 that the local ruler (Yahya bin Muhammad, who came to power in AH 1322 / 1904 AD) was recognized as both the secular and religious head by the occupying (but weakening) Ottoman forces. In 1919 AD, the Ottomans officially abandoned any attempt at a military or political presence in Yemen. The first local coinage to recognize independent Yemeni rule was struck in AH 1342 (1924 AD).
The new coinage was based on the standard of the Maria Teresa thaler (import of which was banned under the Ottomans, who wished to force Turkish coinage on the population). Thus the thaler was equal to one riyal, with fractions of 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/10, 1/20, 1/40, and 1/80.
Shown is a countermarked Eritrean one tallero. The counterstamp die appears to be a pentagonal 1/8 riyal and is dated AH 1371. It was lot 506 in Auktionen Fruhwald #101 on February 22, 2013, and did not sell. The catalog description reads:
"Eritrea Talero 1918, mit Gegenstempel von Yemen zu 1 Riyal, vergl. Hafner 133 vz."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: not listed.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Pridmore, Fred. "The Modern Coins of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of the Yemen". Seaby's Coin and Medal Bulletin, May 1962. pp 231-340.
Link to:
- AH 1344 Imadi riyal (Y#7)
- AH 1371 1/16 riyal
- Coins and currency dated 1952
- return to coins of Yemen