Information about Jordanian dinar

Jordanian dinar
دينار أردني (Arabic)

1 dinar of 2002

ISO 4217 Code JOD

User(s) Jordan, West Bank

Inflation 6.3%

Source [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2092.html The World Factbook], 2006 est.

Pegged with U.S. dollar = 0.709 dinar

Subunit

1/10 dirham

1/100 qirsh or piastre

1/1000 fils

Coins'' ½, 1 qirsh, 2½, 5, 10 piastres, ¼, ½, 1 dinar

Banknotes'' 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 dinars

Central bank

Central Bank of Jordan

Website www.cbj.gov.jo

The dinar (ISO 4217 code JOD; unofficially known as JD) is the currency of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The dinar is divided into 10 dirham, 100 qirsh (also called piastres) or 1000 fils.

The Jordanian dinar also circulates in West Bank together with the Israeli new sheqel.

History

Before 1949, Jordan used the Palestinian pound as its currency. The dinar was introduced at par with this pound.

Until 1992, coins were denominated in Arabic using fils, qirsh, dirham and dinar but in English only in fils and dinar. Since 1992, the fils and dirham are no longer used in the Arabic denominations and the English denominations are given in dinar and either qirsh or piastres.

Coins

Coins were introduced in 1949 in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 fils. The first issue of 1 fils were mistakenly minted with the denomination given as "1 fil". 20 fils coins were minted until 1965, with 25 fils introduced in 1968 and ¼ dinar coins in 1970. The 1 fils coin was last minted in 1985. In 1996, smaller ¼ dinar coins were introduced alongside ½ and 1 dinar coins.

Fifth Series Coins
Value	Diameter	Weight	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse	First Minted Year	Common Reference
½ qirsh (piastre)	21 mm	4 g	Copper plated steel	Plain	Hussein bin Talal facing left	Lattice design, Eastern Arabic numerals ½	1996
1 qirsh (piastre)	25 mm	5.5 g	Bronze plated steel	Plain	Hussein bin Talal facing left	Lattice design; Eastern Arabic numerals 1	1994
2½ piastres (qirsh)	22 mm	3 g	Nickel plated steel	Milled	Hussein bin Talal facing left	Lattice design, Eastern Arabic numerals 2½	1992	25 fils
5 piastres (qirsh)	26 mm	5 g				Lattice design, Eastern Arabic numerals 5		50 fils
10 piastres (qirsh)	28 mm	8 g				Lattice design, Eastern Arabic numerals 10		100 fils
¼ dinar	26.5 mm Heptagonal	7.4 g	Brass	Plain	Hussein bin Talal facing left	Leaf design, Eastern Arabic numerals ¼	1996	Rubia¹, 25 piastres, 250 fils
½ dinar	29 mm Heptagonal		Brass	Plain	Hussein bin Talal facing left	Leaf design, Eastern Arabic numerals ½	1996	Nuus², 50 piastres, 500 fils
½ dinar	29 mm Heptagonal	9.6 g	Ring: Aluminium bronze Center: Cupronickel	Plain	Hussein bin Talal facing left	Leaf design, Eastern Arabic numerals ½	1997	Nuus², 50 piastres, 500 fils
1 dinar	32 mm Heptagonal		Brass	Plain	Hussein bin Talal facing left	Leaf design, Eastern Arabic numerals 1	1996
1 dinar	24 mm		Brass	Milled	Hussein bin Talal facing left	Leaf design, Eastern Arabic numerals 1	1998

Sixth Series Coins
Value	Diameter	Weight	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse	First Minted Year	Common Reference
1 qirsh (piastre)	25 mm	5.5 g	Copper plated steel	Plain	Abdullah II facing right	Lattice design; Eastern Arabic numerals 1	2000
5 piastres (qirsh)	26 mm	5 g	Nickel plated steel	Milled	Abdullah II facing right	Lattice design, Eastern Arabic numerals 5	2000	50 fils
10 piastres (qirsh)	28 mm	8 g	Nickel plated steel	Milled	Abdullah II facing right	Lattice design, Eastern Arabic numerals 10	2000	100 fils
¼ dinar	26.5 mm Heptagonal	7.4 g	Brass	Plain	Abdullah II facing right	Leaf design, Eastern Arabic numerals ¼	2004	Rubia¹, 25 piastres, 250 fils
½ dinar	29 mm Heptagonal	9.6 g	Ring: Aluminium bronze Center: Cupronickel	Plain	Abdullah II facing right	Leaf design, Eastern Arabic numerals ½	2000	Nuus², 50 piastres, 500 fils

rubia is Arabic for "piece of four" or "quarter"
nuus is Arabic for "piece of two" or "half"

Banknotes

In 1949, banknotes were issued by the government in denominations of 500 fils, 1, 5 and 10 dinar. From 1959, the Central Bank of Jordan took over note production. 20 dinar notes were introduced in 1977, followed by 50 dinar in 1999. ½ dinar notes were replaced by coins in 1999.

The Fourth Series of the Central Bank of Jordan [1]
Value	Dimensions	Color	Obverse	Reverse	Printed Date	Issued Date	Watermark
1 dinar	133 × 74 mm	Lime and green	Sharif Hussein bin Ali	Great Arab Revolt	2002 Hijri 1423	30 March 2003
5 dinars	137 × 74 mm	Brick orange	Abdullah bin al-Hussein	Ma’an Palace		22 December 2002
10 dinars	141 × 74 mm	Blue	Talal bin Abdullah	First Jordanian Parliament Building		22 December 2002
20 dinars	145 × 74 mm	Green	Hussein bin Talal	Dome of the Rock		2 February 2003
50 dinars	149 × 74 mm	Pink and brown	King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein	Raghadan Palace		2 February 2003

Fixed exchange rate

Since 23 October 1995, the dinar has been officially pegged to the IMF's Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). In practice, it is fixed at 1 U.S. dollar = 0.709 dinar most of the time, which translates to approximately 1 dinar = 1.41044 dollars^[1] ^[2]. The Central Bank buys U.S. dollars at 0.708 dinar, and sell U.S. dollars at 0.710 dinar^[3].

Current JOD exchange rates

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References

1. ^ Exchange Rate Fluctuations, Programme Management Unit
2. ^ Tables of modern monetary history: Asia
3. ^ Report of the Working Party on the Accession of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the World Trade Organization

External links

Coins of Jordan
Bank Notes of Jordan
Don's World Coin Gallery - Jordan* Ron Wise's World Paper Money - Jordan ^{Mirror site}* Tables of Modern Monetary Systems by Kurt Schuler - Asia ^{Mirror site}* The Global History of Currencies - Jordan* Global Financial Data currency histories table ( Microsoft Excel format)
"The Experience of the Jordanian Dinar Pegged to the Dollar", Dar Al-Hayat, October 31, 2005

• • [ e] Currencies named dinar or similar
Circulating	Algerian dinar (دينار) Bahraini dinar (دينار) Iraqi dinar (دينار) Jordanian dinar (دينار) Kelantanese dinar (unofficial) Kuwaiti dinar (دينار) Libyan dinar (دينار) Macedonian denar (денар) Serbian dinar (динар) Tunisian dinar (دينار)
Obsolete	Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar Croatian dinar French denier Krajina dinar (динар) Portuguese dinheiro Republika Srpska dinar (динар) South Yemeni dinar (دينار) Spanish dinero Sudanese dinar (دينار) Yugoslav dinar (динар)
As subunit	Iranian qiran (قران) Iranian rial (ریال)
See also	Andorran diner (commemorative) denarius E-dinar Islamic gold dinar Swiss dinar (used in Iraq)

• • [ e] Currencies of Asia
Central	Afghan afghani Kazakhstani tenge Kyrgyzstani som Mongolian tgrg Russian ruble Tajikistani somoni Turkmenistani manat Uzbekistani som
East	Chinese yuan Hong Kong dollar Japanese yen Macanese pataca North Korean won New Taiwan dollar South Korean won
South-East	Brunei dollar Cambodian riel Indonesian rupiah Lao kip Malaysian ringgit Myanmar kyat Philippine peso Singapore dollar Thai baht U.S. dollar (East Timor) Vietnamese đồng
South	Bangladeshi taka Bhutanese ngultrum Indian rupee Maldivian rufiyaa Nepalese rupee Pakistani rupee Sri Lankan rupee
West	Armenian dram Azerbaijani manat Bahraini dinar Cypriot pound Egyptian pound Georgian lari Iranian rial Iraqi dinar Israeli new sheqel Jordanian dinar Kuwaiti dinar Lebanese lira Omani rial Qatari riyal Saudi riyal Syrian pound Turkish new lira UAE dirham Yemeni rial

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Anthem
عاش المليك
The Royal Anthem of Jordan
("As-salam al-malaki al-urdoni")¹
Long live the King
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The West Bank (Arabic: الضفة الغربية,
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Inflation is measured as the growth of the money supply in an economy, without a commensurate increase in the supply of goods and services. This results in a rise in the general price level as measured against a standard level of purchasing power.
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United States dollar
dólar estadounidense (Spanish)
dólar amerikanu (Tetum)
dólar americano
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Dirham or dirhem (درهم) is a unit of currency in several Arab nations, and formerly the related unit of mass (the Ottoman dram) in the Ottoman Empire.
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Qirsh, Gersh, Grush and Kuruş are all names for currency denominations in and around the territories formerly part of the Ottoman Empire. The variation in the name stems from the different languages it is used in (Arabic, Ethiopian, Hebrew and Turkish) and
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piastre or piaster was a unit of currency. It was originally equal to one silver dollar or peso, served as the major unit of currency of French Indochina (Present-day Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos), and in the Ottoman Empire.
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For the river in Germany, see Fils River

The fils (Arabic alphabet: فلس) is a subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries, such as Iraq.
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Economic policy
Monetary policy
Central bank Money supply
Fiscal policy
Spending Deficit Debt
Trade policy
Tariff Trade agreement

Finance
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The Central Bank of Jordan is the central bank of Jordan whose main duties include the release and distribution of the Jordanian currency and the maintenance of a national reserve of gold and foreign currencies.
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Anthem
عاش المليك
The Royal Anthem of Jordan
("As-salam al-malaki al-urdoni")¹
Long live the King
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For the river in Germany, see Fils River

The fils (Arabic alphabet: فلس) is a subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries, such as Iraq.
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The West Bank (Arabic: الضفة الغربية,
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Israeli new sheqel
שקל חדש (Hebrew)
شيقل جديد
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Palestinian pound
‏جنيه فلسطيني‏ (Arabic)
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al-‘Arabiyyah in written Arabic (Kufic script):
Pronunciation: /alˌʕa.raˈbij.ja/
Spoken in: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman,
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English}}}
Writing system: Latin (English variant)
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng
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2, 1
(mildly basic oxide)
Electronegativity 1.90 (Pauling scale)
Ionization energies
(more) 1st: 745.5 kJmol⁻¹
2nd: 1957.9 kJmol⁻¹
3rd: 3666 kJmol⁻¹

Atomic radius 135 pm
Atomic radius (calc.
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Steel is an alloy consisting mostly of iron, with a carbon content between 0.02% and 1.7 or 2.04% by weight (C:1000–10,8.67Fe), depending on grade. Carbon is the most cost-effective alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used such as manganese and
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His Majesty King Hussein
King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Reign 11 August 1952 – February 7, 1999
Born November 14 1935
Amman, Jordan
Died
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Bronze is any of a broad range of copper alloys, usually with tin as the main additive, but sometimes with other elements such as phosphorus, manganese, aluminium, or silicon. (See table below.) It was particularly significant in antiquity, giving its name to the Bronze Age.
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Jordanian Dinar

History

Coins

Banknotes

Fixed exchange rate

See also

References

External links