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50 Dinars - Hussein Five Year Development Plan
| Issuer | Central Bank of Jordan |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1949-date) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mint | Royal Mint (Llantrisant, United Kingdom) |
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Jordan's Five Year Development Plan (1976–1980) was the Hashemite Kingdom's most ambitious postwar infrastructure program, channeling petrodollar-era Arab aid into agriculture, phosphate extraction, and transport links severed or disrupted by the 1967 and 1973 conflicts. These commemorative gold issues were authorized specifically to attract foreign capital and numismatic buyers at a moment when Jordan's economy was heavily dependent on remittances and external donors rather than domestic revenue.
Struck to .917 fineness — the traditional 22-karat standard — the series was produced in limited quantities with collector sets as the primary destination. Circulation was never the intent.