Catalog
1 Dinar
| Issuer | Central Bank of Jordan |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1949-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a vignette of the Sinai rosefinch (Carpodacus synoicus), the national bird of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, set against a panoramic landscape of Wadi Rum's sandstone mountains. Antique decorative motifs drawn from Byzantine and Umayyad artistic traditions form the background underprint, complementing the warm ochre and rose colour palette of the design. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Optically variable device |
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| Comments |
Jordan's Central Bank has issued multiple redesigned series over the decades, each tied closely to political decisions about national imagery and the projection of Hashemite authority. The 2022 issue continues a long-running practice of updating the series at irregular intervals rather than on any fixed schedule, typically prompted by security upgrade cycles rather than monetary policy changes.
The 1 Dinar sits at the bottom of the circulating denomination range and absorbs heavy transactional use — paper composition at this face value means wear rates are considerably higher than the higher denominations, several of which shifted to polymer in comparable regional series.