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1/4 Dirham / 25 Fils - Hussein
| Issuer | Central Bank of Jordan |
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| Year | 1968-1977 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1949-date) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Hussein bin Talal in right-facing profile, rendered in high relief with fine sculptural detail. The portrait occupies the central field, with the king's strong facial features and close-cropped hair rendered in a naturalistic style. A circular Arabic legend surrounds the effigy along the inner border, reading from upper right to lower left. The coin's periphery is framed by a continuous toothed border. |
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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 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.