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  • 5 Fils 1971, KM# 2, Yemen, South (People's Democratic Republic)
  • 5 Fils 1971, KM# 2, Yemen, South (People's Democratic Republic)
Description

South Yemen, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, also referred to as Democratic Yemen or Yemen (Aden) was a socialist country that existed from 1967 to 1990 as a state in the Middle East in the southern and eastern provinces of the present-day Republic of Yemen, including the island of Socotra.

South Yemen's origins can be traced to 1874 with the creation of the British Colony of Aden and the Aden Protectorate, which consisted of two-thirds of the present-day Yemen. However, Aden became a province within British India in 1937. After the collapse of Aden Protectorate, a state of emergency was declared in 1963, when the National Liberation Front (NLF) and the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen (FLOSY) rebelled against British rule.

Obverse

Depicts an Islamic 8-pointed connected star with 8 points inside, the legend "Democratic Yemen" in Arabic above and English below.

اليمن الدمقراطي
DEMOCRATIC YEMEN

Reverse

Depicts crossed crooked jambiyas, value above and date below.

A jambiya, also spelled janbiya, jambya, jambia and janbia (Arabic: جنۢبية janbīyah), is a specific type of dagger (a knife with a very sharp point) with a short curved blade with a medial ridge that originated from the region Hadhramaut in Yemen. They have spread all over the Middle East as well as South Asia and Southeast Asia.

5 FILS · ٥ فلوس
1971

Edge
Characteristics
Material Nickel Brass
Weight 4.5 g
Diameter 23.14 mm
Thickness 1.47 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Royal Mint

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