Coins of Yemencoins of North Yemen, South Arabia & the Republic, 1842–2009

Yemen boasts one of the most diverse numismatic traditions in the Arab world. The southern sultanates — Tarim, Lahej, Mukalla, Al-Ghurfah, and the Qu'aiti State — each struck their own coinage from the mid-19th century through the early 20th, producing copper khumasi and silver fractional issues that are highly sought by collectors.

The Federation of South Arabia issued a brief decimal series under British oversight before independence in 1967, when the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen established its own coinage in fils and dinars. The northern traditions — the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Imam Yahya and Imam Ahmad, and the Yemen Arab Republic — are coming soon.