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1/2 Dinar - Hussein Hijra
| Issuer | Central Bank of Jordan |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Central circular device depicting the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem flanked by the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, set beneath radiating sunbeams symbolising the dawn of the fifteenth Islamic century. A palm frond curves along the left side of the central device. The Arabic commemorative legend 'القرن الخامس عشر الهجرة النبوية' arcs along the upper rim, with the Hijri date ١٤٠٠ at the lower right and the Gregorian date 1980 at the lower left. The denomination appears in both Latin script ('HALF DINAR') and Arabic script ('نصف دينار') along the base. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Jordan's 1980 coinage program coincided with a broader regional realignment following the Camp David Accords, which had isolated Egypt and reshuffled economic relationships across the Arab world. The Jordanian dinar had been formally pegged to the IMF's Special Drawing Right since 1975, giving the Central Bank unusual monetary stability relative to its neighbors — which partly explains the unhurried, methodical pace of Hashemite coinage updates through this period.
The "Hijra" designation marks the date in the Islamic calendar, AH 1400 — a centennial year of considerable symbolic weight across the Muslim world.