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1 Dinar - Hussein Reign, Gold
| Issuer | Central Bank of Jordan |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | العيد الاربعون للجلوس على العرش (Translation: 40th Anniversary of Reign) |
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This issue was part of a broader commemorative gold program the Central Bank of Jordan ran through the early 1990s, largely aimed at the international collector market rather than domestic circulation. The .917 fineness matches the traditional 22-karat crown gold standard long favored for commemorative issues intended to hold bullion appeal alongside numismatic value.
Jordan's 1992 falls squarely in the post-Gulf War period, when the kingdom was navigating severe economic strain — the dinar had been devalued sharply in 1989 after a balance-of-payments crisis — making the production of gold commemoratives at this moment a pointed statement about institutional stability.