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The buqsha coin itself is bronze and approximately 27mm across. Modern Yemeni currency also includes silver coins worth 5, 10 and 20 buqshas, and bronze half-buqsha coins. These were introduced after Yemeni independence from the Ottoman Empire. This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, tone, style, and voice). ...
The buqsha was originally used as one fortieth of the Imadi riyal and later the Ahmadi riyal. When the Yemeni rial was introduced, it was decided that 40 buqshas should represent one Yemeni rial, so as to ease the transition.
At first, many buqshas were produced by the Sana'a local mint, and at one stage in the aftermath of the Yemeni revolution it was claimed that the fuselages of crashed aircraft were being used to mint the coins. [1] Sanaá (Arabic صنعاء, romanized as , and also known as Sana or Sanaa), population 1,303,000 (2000), is the capital of Yemen. ...
The Imadi Riyal (as it was known during the Reign of Imam Yaha) and the Ahmadi Riyal (as it became known during the reign of Imam Ahmad) were equivalent to one MTD.
The MTD was broken into 40 buqshas and when the republican "Yemeni rial" was introduced it also became worth 40 buqshas.
This mint remained active after the revolution, with reports indicating that at one stage buqshas were being minted from the fuselages of crashed aircraft.
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