1/4 Dirham / 25 Fils - Hussein

Jordan's fils denominations were introduced following the creation of the Central Bank in 1964, which replaced the Jordan Currency Board and gave the kingdom full control over its monetary policy for the first time. This particular issue spans the final decade of Hussein's longest uninterrupted period of domestic political consolidation, bracketed on one end by the Six-Day War and on the other by the aftermath of Black September 1970, when Jordanian forces expelled Palestinian militant factions from the country in a brief but brutal civil conflict.

Copper-nickel coinage of this type circulated heavily through that turbulent stretch, and worn examples are far more common than sharp ones.