BUQSHA: COIN OF YEMEN
1 buqsha (بقشة), 1963: Yemen Arab Republic
الجمهورية العربية اليمنية — Yemen Arab Republic (also known as North Yemen).
Date on coin: ١٣٨۲-۱۹٦٣ — 1382-1963.
AH 1382 (AH: Latin "Anno Hegirae" — "the year of the Hijra"; Islamic calendar) = 1963 (Gregorian calendar).
Branches with leaves inside the ornament.
Mintage: 10.377.000.
- Bronze: 21 mm - 3.6 g
- Reference price: 3.3$
COIN BUQSHA — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- YEMEN + MUTAWAKKILITE KINGDOM OF YEMEN + YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC (1636-1963): buqsha = 1/40 rial
The name of the buqsha coin comes from an Arabic term بقشة, which derived بخش ("share"), related to بخشش ("gift").
