Depicts Islamic 8-pointed connected star with 8 points inside, the legend "People's Democratic Republic of Yemen" in Arabic above and English below.

Depicts a dhow in the centre, date below, value (50 Fils in English, 50 Fils 1 Dirham in Arabic.

Dhow (Arabic داو dāw) is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with lateen sails used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region. Historians are divided as to whether the dhow was invented by Arabs or Indians. Typically sporting long thin hulls, dhows are trading vessels primarily used to carry heavy items, like fruit, freshwater or merchandise, along the coasts of Eastern Arabia (Arab states of the Persian Gulf), East Africa, Yemen and coastal South Asia (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh). Larger dhows have crews of approximately thirty, smaller ones typically around twelve.