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1/2 Qirsh / 5 Fils - Hussein
| Issuer | Jordan |
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| Year | 1968-1975 |
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| Value | 5 Fils (0.005 JOD) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the denomination in Arabic script reading 'نصف قرش' (Half Qirsh) above '5 فلوس' (5 Fils), flanked by the dual date in both Hijri and Gregorian numerals. The central inscription is encircled by two olive branches extending from the base and meeting at the top, symbolising peace. Below the olive wreath, the English legends 'FIVE FILS' and 'THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN' arc along the lower periphery, with a beaded rim framing the entire reverse. |
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Jordan's fils coinage of this period was issued under Hussein bin Talal, who had assumed the throne in 1952 at age seventeen following his father Talal's forced abdication on grounds of mental illness. The dual denomination — qirsh and fils — reflects Jordan's transitional monetary system, which retained Ottoman-era fractional naming alongside the decimal fils structure introduced under the British Mandate.
Struck across nearly a decade of relative political turbulence, this series spans the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, in which Jordan lost control of the West Bank — a loss that directly destabilized the kingdom's economic base and complicated currency circulation in the occupied territories.