Yemen 1971 5 fils

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is from a type struck in 1971 at the Ottawa mint for the new state of Democratic Yemen. It was unified with the Yemen Arab Republic in 1990 but has since collapsed into civil war and anarchy.

Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.

Specification: 1.35 g, bronze, 23.1 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• Yemen 1982 25 fils
• Coins and currency dated 1971