1/2 Qirsh / 5 Fils - Hussein Pattern

Pattern coins from Jordan's 1968 series were produced as proposed denominations during a period when the Central Bank was restructuring the fils-based coinage system. The KM#Pn2 designation confirms this as a formally catalogued pattern, struck in gold rather than the base metal of any eventual circulation issue — a standard practice for presentation and archival sets submitted to the royal court for approval.

Hussein's government was navigating severe economic and political disruption in the immediate aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, which had resulted in the loss of the West Bank. Whether these patterns were ever formally approved for production or quietly shelved is not clearly documented in the standard references.