Catalog
¾ Dinar - Hussein Bethlehem
| Issuer | Central Bank of Jordan |
|---|---|
| Year | 1969 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Issued to mark the 2,000th anniversary of Bethlehem, this coin was struck during a period of acute political dislocation for Jordan — just two years after the Six-Day War, in which Israel had seized the West Bank, including Bethlehem itself. Jordan still claimed sovereignty over the territory and continued issuing commemoratives tied to it, a deliberate assertion of administrative legitimacy over land no longer under Hashemite control.
The .999 fine silver specification is unusually pure for a circulation-adjacent commemorative of this period; most contemporaries settled for .925.