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1/2 Dinar - Hussein Al Harraneh Palace
| Issuer | Jordan |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Hussein bin Talal in right-facing profile, with military collar visible at the truncation. The Hashemite royal crown emblem appears at the top of the field above the portrait. An Arabic circular legend surrounds the bust, with the denomination and Hijri date inscribed in the lower field below the truncation. The coin is struck to proof quality with a deeply mirrored field contrasting the frosted relief of the portrait. |
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| Reverse lettering | THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN AL HARRANEH PALACE HALF 1/2 1969 DINAR |
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Issued as part of Jordan's commemorative program under King Hussein, this coin marks Al-Harraneh — the Umayyad desert castle in the eastern Jordanian badiya, built in the early 8th century and long attributed to Walid II. The 1969 series drew deliberate attention to pre-Islamic and early Islamic architectural heritage at a moment when Jordan was actively reconstructing its national identity following the catastrophic territorial and demographic disruption of the 1967 war.
The .999 fineness is unusually pure for a circulating commemorative of this period — most sovereign silver issues of the era used .925 or .800.