Jordan's first fully independent central bank series, launched in 1964–65, replaced the Jordan Currency Board notes that had been issued under British oversight since 1949. The Central Bank of Jordan was established by law in 1964, and this series marked the institution asserting its own issuing authority for the first time — Thomas De La Rue had printed the earlier Currency Board issues too, so the printer relationship was continuous even as the political arrangement changed.
The 500 Fils denomination sits at an awkward fraction of the dinar — one half — and was quietly phased out of the series in later decades as the half-dinar coin took over that role in everyday transactions.
Jordan's first fully independent central bank series, launched in 1964–65, replaced the Jordan Currency Board notes that had been issued under British oversight since 1949. The Central Bank of Jordan was established by law in 1964, and this series marked the institution asserting its own issuing authority for the first time — Thomas De La Rue had printed the earlier Currency Board issues too, so the printer relationship was continuous even as the political arrangement changed.
The 500 Fils denomination sits at an awkward fraction of the dinar — one half — and was quietly phased out of the series in later decades as the half-dinar coin took over that role in everyday transactions.