Catalog
| Issuer | Central Bank of Jordan |
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| Year | 1977-1988 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of King Hussein II in a suit at left within an oval vignette, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint. The Arabic denomination "عشرون دينارا" appears in large calligraphic script at centre-right, with the numeral 20 repeated at upper-left and lower-left. Two facsimile signatures appear below centre, with an olive branch vignette to the right margin. |
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| Reverse description | Upper portion carries an aerial vignette of the Hussein Thermal Power Station at Zarqa, with its industrial complex and cooling towers rendered in fine intaglio engraving; a caption in Arabic and English identifies the facility. Below, a broad landscape vignette portrays an orange orchard with mature olive trees. The numeral 20 appears at all four corners, and the year 1977 is printed at bottom centre in both Western and Arabic numerals. |
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| Variants | P#21a - 1977 & 1981 P#21b - 1985 P#21c - 1987 & 1988 |
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