Usage of Indian currency without separate legislation while Aden was part of the Indian Bombay province. In Hadhramaut (Aden Protectorates) the Maria Theresa Thaler was used at a rate of 2⅜ Indian Rupees.
26.09.1936
British law [Aden Colony Order] on the creation of the Colony and Protectorate of Aden, without reference to currency which therefore remained Indian for the colony; effective 01.04.1937
??.??.1951
Ordinance [Coinage and Currency, No. 11] on the extension of the jurisdiction of the East African Currency Board to Aden and the Aden Protectorates and introduction of the East African common currency replacing the Indian Rupee; effective 01.10.1951: - 31.12.1951 (?): Demonetization of the Indian currency at a rate of 1 Indian Rupee = 1.5 East African Shillings (and the Maria Theresa Thaler at a rate of 1 Thaler = 3.56 East African Shillings ?).
Time Period: 1965- (AH:1384- )
Currency: South Yemenite Dinar
Transition
1 : 20 East African Shillings
Sub-units
Dinar / 1000 Fils
ISO4217
YDD
Timeline
13.10.1964
AH:07.06.1384
Law [Currency, No. 10] of the South Arabian Federation on the establishment of the "South Arabian Currency Authority" and the introduction of a national currency; effective upon constitution of the authority on 01.04.1965. - 15.08.1968: Name change into "Currency Authority of South Yemen" - 14.07.1971: Name change into "Currency Authority of the Democratic Yemen".
01.04.1965
Start of currency exchange: - 01.04.1965: Start of issuance of the new banknotes and coins - ??.??.1965: Demonetization of the East African currency.
25.08.1972
AH:16.07.1392
Law [Nr. 36] on the transformation of the currency authority into the Bank of Yemen; effective upon constitution of the bank on ??.??.1972. - 22.05.1990: Merger with the Central Bank of Yemen in the course of the unification.
1990-1996
Unification of the North and South Yemenite currencies: - 19.02.1990: North Yemenite law on the unification - 04.05.1990: South Yemenite law on the unification - 04.05.1990: Central bank resolution on the exchange rate of the South Yemenite currency as 1 South Yemenite Dinar = 26 Yemenite Riyals - 01.07.1990 (AH:09.12.1410): Start of issuance of the new banknotes and coins< - 31.12.1994: Demonetization of the pre-unification currencies in former North and South Yemen (extended to 01.06.1996 in the South).