Catalog
5 Dinars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Jordan |
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| Year | 1992-1993 |
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| Size | 143 × 70 mm |
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| Obverse description | At right, an intaglio portrait of King Hussein in traditional kuffiyeh is rendered against a red and pink guilloche underprint that covers the face of the note. Arabic inscriptions appear across the upper and central fields, with the denomination numeral repeated at lower left and lower right. Two facsimile signatures of the Governor and the Minister of Finance are placed at lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | البنك المركزي الأردني ورقة نقد صادرة بموجب قانون البنك المركزي الأردني خمسة دنانير المحافظ - وزير المالية (Translation: Central Bank of Jordan A banknote issued according to the law of the Central Bank of Jordan Five Dinars Governor - Minister of Finance) |
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Jordan's Pick 25 falls within the fourth emission series, introduced after the 1989 currency crisis that saw the dinar lose roughly 50 percent of its value against the dollar — the worst exchange rate collapse in the country's history. The IMF stabilization program that followed imposed tight fiscal conditions, and new note series were part of the broader signaling of monetary rehabilitation.
Thomas De La Rue had been printing Jordanian currency since the early years of the Central Bank's existence, and the relationship was unbroken through this issue. The watermark security on Pick 25 is relatively modest by the standards of what De La Rue was capable of delivering at the time — more sophisticated features came with the subsequent series in the late 1990s.