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1/2 Qirsh / 5 Fils - Hussein
| Issuer | Central Bank of Jordan |
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| Year | 1978-1985 |
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| Engraver(s) | Geoffrey Colley |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Hussein bin Talal facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and collar. The portrait, engraved by Geoffrey Colley, is set within a plain field bounded by a beaded border. An Arabic legend curves along the left and right periphery, identifying the sovereign and his realm. The overall style is that of a modern medallic portrait in the mid-twentieth-century tradition. |
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| Obverse lettering | الحسين بن طلال ملك المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية (Translation: Hussein bin Talal King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) |
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Jordan's fils coinage of this period was issued under Hussein bin Talal during a decade when the dinar was being carefully managed as a hard-currency anchor in a region of persistent monetary instability. The dual denomination inscription — Qirsh alongside Fils — reflects the transitional accounting system Jordan maintained, where Ottoman-era fraction names survived in everyday use long after the dinar became the formal unit in 1950.