Talk:Yemeni rial/Archive 1

Ahmadi vs Imadi

The new succession box implies that the Ahmadi riyal was a distinct currency to the imadi riyal which followed, when, in fact, these were the same currency and the name change was due to the change in King.
Dove1950 22:46, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm the one that did that. I'm not familiar with the Ahmadi or Imadi riyal. The spreadsheet at http://www.globalfinancialdata.com (which I need to reference in the article) said that the predecessor was the Ahmadi riyal, so I put that in. Ingrid 00:02, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Get hold of a copy of Krause & Mischler's "Standard Catalog of World Coins". The Ahmadi and Imadi riyals are shown there as the same unit of currency. Changing part of the currency name for a new ruler also happened in Oman.
Dove1950 22:25, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

I have a copy, and I think I see what you mean. The case for Oman is clearer, where saidi rial and dhofari rial are next to each other (in the same section). So, how would you propose that these situations be handled, as far as page names/currency names? I don't have a good answer to that one myself. Especially with the monetary reform in Oman in 1972 when they went from the saidi rial to the rial (or Omani rial, but then saidi rial could be called Omani saidi rial, or something). Since other sources (Global financial data at least, I'll check around), use "saidi rial", it seems reasonable for us to use it, but if you have a better idea, I'm open to it. Ingrid 23:32, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

I see no reason to separate the two riyals. All we need do is mark clearly that the epithets Imadi and Ahmadi were used at different times. We could also redirect Imadi riyal and Ahmadi riyal here, just to be sure the article wll be found.
Dove1950 21:06, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

The Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen page lists the currency as the Imadi riyal (Ahmadi riyal) (neither of which exists yet, as you can see). How about we create Mutawakkilite Yemeni riyal (or something similar) and redirect from Ahmadi riyal and Imadi riyal, or would that confuse people who know what they're talking about? As I said, I'm really not familiar with these. We could also add redirects to Yemeni riyal and a section there. Or is one (of Imadi and Ahmadi) a more standard name for the currency that we could use? Or should we pick one arbitrarily? Ack. Questions, questions, questions, and no good answers from me. Ingrid 22:05, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Between 1962-1964

There is no question that Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen became Yemen Arab Republic in 1962 and Yemeni rial (not spelled as riyal, or at least not supposedly) was issued in 1964 (banknotes). What happens between 1962 and 1964. There are coins minted in 1962 denominated as RIYAL. But I don't know if that's the old riyal that is = 1 Maria Theresa Thaler ~= 24 g of silver, or the new rial that is = 1/3 GBP = 0.892427g of gold. Can someone please help me on that? --Chochopk 07:21, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Solution?

Hope you agree the new articles help sort things out. I suspect the rial did come from the Maria Theresa Thaler but I'm not yet sure.
Dove1950 21:11, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

looks good to me. I noticed that you used "Ahmadi riyal" but "Imadi rial" (or maybe it was the other way around) in the text of the North Yemeni rial article. Was this intentional? I'm not clear on the finer points of the distinction. Ingrid 22:26, 20 January 2006 (UTC)