The rial or riyal is the currency of Yemen. It is technically divided into 100 fils, although coins denominated in fils have not been issued since Yemeni unification. ==History== After the union between the North (the Yemen Arab Republic) and the South (the People`s Democratic Republic of Yemen) in 1990, both the northern rial and the southern di.... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_rial