Catalog
100 Fils
| Issuer | Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
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| Year | 1955-1965 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1949-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central design features a raised circular cartouche bearing the Arabic numeral denomination '١٠٠' (100) flanked above by the Hijri year '١٣٨٥' and below by the Christian year '١٩٦٥', surmounted by the Royal Hashemite Crown. The cartouche is encircled by a wreath of wheat and palm fronds, tied at the base, with two six-pointed star ornaments in the upper field. Arabic inscriptions reading the full name of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan appear in the field to the left and right, rendered in elegant Naskh script. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a bold raised numeral '100' within a raised inner circle at the centre of the field, with the legend 'ONE HUNDRED FILS' arcing above the central device. The circular peripheral legend 'THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN' runs along the upper rim in incuse Latin capitals, and the Christian year '1965' appears below the central circle. A five-pointed star ornament is positioned at the base, serving as a punctuation device between the beginning and end of the peripheral legend. |
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Jordan's early coinage program was established under King Hussein I following full independence, with the fils denominations contracted to the Royal Mint in London through much of this period. The 100 fils was the workhorse of the system, equivalent to one qirsh or a tenth of a dinar, and saw heavy commercial circulation during a decade that included the economic disruption of the 1956 Suez Crisis and the influx of Palestinian refugees that fundamentally altered Jordan's demographics and spending economy.