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5 Qirsh / Piastres - Hussein
| Issuer | Central Bank of Jordan |
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| Year | 1992-1998 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1949-date) |
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| Obverse description | Unadorned effigy of King Hussein bin Talal facing left, rendered in a clean linear style with fine detail to the facial features and collar. The Arabic legend encircles the portrait along the rim, running from lower left to upper right in two arcs flanking the effigy. No date appears on the obverse. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Arabic |
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Jordan's small-denomination coinage of the 1990s was struck against a backdrop of significant economic strain — the dinar had collapsed sharply following the 1989 debt crisis, forcing the IMF to step in and Jordan to restructure its public finances throughout the early part of the decade. These coins entered circulation while austerity measures were still biting.
The switch to nickel plated steel from earlier compositions reflects that same fiscal pressure — a cost-cutting measure applied across several denominations simultaneously.