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10 Fils
| Issuer | Jordan Currency Board |
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| Year | 1949 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF THE JORDAN TEN FILS 10 1949 |
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The Jordan Currency Board was established in 1950, but the 1949-dated coinage was struck in anticipation of it — produced at the Royal Mint in London ahead of formal monetary independence from the British Mandate framework. This issue predates the Central Bank of Jordan by over a decade; the Currency Board itself was a transitional body, issuing coins under Hashemite authority without functioning as a full central bank.
The bronze composition here mirrors the Mandatory Palestine coinage it was designed to replace in circulation weight and feel — a deliberate choice to ease public acceptance.