5,000 Rials 2016 (2023)

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5,000 Rials 2016 (2023) back UV image

Watermark:
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Country: Yemen

Series: 2017 Unauthorized Houthi Issue

Value: 5,000 Rials (YER)

Date on Banknote: 2016

Date of Issue: 2023

Substrate: Paper (regular/other)

Issuing Authority: Central Bank of Yemen

Banknote Type: Unissued Note

Pick No.: Unknown

The Banknote Book No.: Unknown

Width: 159.00 mm

Height: 84.00 mm

Similar Banknote: None

Printer: Unknown

Watermark/Clear Window Description:
None.

Plate/Underprint Letter: None

Variety Description / Further Information:
UNAUTHORIZED Issue by Houthi rebels. This note entered the collector's market in late 2023. It is unknown where this banknote was printed, the overall appearance is like a counterfeit note. It has no watermark, no intaglio printing, however it seems to be offset printed with a working see-through register, holographic foil stripe, colour changing ink on front, and both sided printed UV features and fluorescent fibres in the paper.

Information from "Yemeni Media Center":
Houthi militias in Yemen have staged multiple attempts for running and laundering millions of counterfeit Yemeni Riyals, as well as illegal arms, a military source said. The trafficking largely was directed towards Sa’ada, where the Houthis' leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi is based. It also comes a few days after government forces seized hundreds of millions of counterfeit cash in the Jawf province, northeast the country. Jawf’s National Army and Popular Resistance Spokesman Abdullah al-Ashraf told Asharq Al-Awsat that anti-government militias try, on almost daily basis, to smuggle large sums of counterfeit money, illegal arms and drugs.
He said most of the smuggling routes go through Jawf’s desert region, passing through Al Mahrah Governorate, neighboring the Sultanate of Oman and end at the Sa’ada desert area, the main stronghold Houthis gunmen. Pro-government tribesmen had seized large amounts of counterfeit banknotes denominated with the value of 5,000 riyals (a bill not circulated or approved by the Central Bank of Yemen) in barren areas near Al Hobil Arouq, located 70 kilometers north of Al-Khanjar in Jawf. The spokesman pointed out that the seized notes amount to hundreds of millions of riyals. Resorting to counterfeit currency indicates the severity of the economic collapse suffered, and reflects a stifling crisis that has proved the coup’s inability to provide realistic solutions to people’s problems living under their territory.

Trying to introduce a para-official new currency would lead to serious economic fallout, threatening the value of the national currency, political and youth activist Ayban Mohammed said

Security Details:
Holographic foil stripe with 5000 and coat of arms;
Magenta-to-green colour-changing ink (4 stars) on front;
Printed UV features and fluorescent fibres in paper;
See-through register (5000 in arabic and latin).

Prefix/Suffix:
Fractional prefix

Keywords:
mosque

Signatures

Obverse First Predominant Color: blue

Obverse Second Predominant Color: turquoise

Obverse Description:

Al-Muhdhar mosque, Tarim;
Arabic text.

Reverse First Predominant Color: blue

Reverse Second Predominant Color: turquoise

Reverse Description:

Throne of the Queen of Bilqis (Queen of Saba) in Ma'rib, arms;
English text.

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Sources:

https://yemen-media.com/nprint.php?sid=28690
Linzmayer, Owen W. The Banknote Book: Arab Republic of Yemen
Schmidt, Tracy L. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, Modern Issues, 1961-Present. 24nd edition

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