Jordanian dinar

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**Contemporary Jordanian Coins and Notes**
Unit (JD)	Design on Obverse	Design on Reverse	Common Reference
Coins
.001	Abdullah II	Lattice design; Arabic numeral 1	Fil/Qirsh
.025	Abdullah II	Lattice design; Arabic numeral 2½	2½ Piastres/ 25 Fils
.050	Abdullah II	Lattice design; Arabic numeral 5	5 Piastres/ 50 Fils
.100	Abdullah II	Lattice design; Arabic numeral 10	10 Piastres/ 100 Fils
.250	Abdullah II	Leaf design; Arabic numeral ¼	Rubia/ 25 Piastres/ 250 Fils
.500	Abdullah II	Leaf design; Arabic numeral ½	Nuus/ 50 Piastres/ 500 Fils
Bank Notes
1	Sharif Hussein bin Ali	Great Arab Revolt
5	Abdullah bin al-Hussein	Ma’an Palace
10	Talal bin Abdullah	First Jordanian Parliament Building
20	Hussein bin Talal	Dome of the Rock
50	King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein	Raghadan Palace

The Jordanian dinar (ISO 4217 code JOD; unofficially known as JD) is the official currency of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the first official currency in the State of Palestine.

1 History
2 Denominations
3 Exchange Rate
4 See also
5 External links

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History

Before 1949, Jordan used the Palestinian pound as its currency. The dinar was introduced at par with this pound.

The dinar was divided into 10 dirham, 100 qirush (also called piastres) or 1000 fils. Until 1992, coins were denominated in Arabic using fils, qirsh, dirham and dinar but in English only in fils and dinar. Since 1992, the fils and dirham are no longer officially used in the Arabic denominations and the English denominations are given in dinar and either qirsh or piastres.

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Denominations

Coins in circulation are:

1 qirsh (also known as 1 fil)
2½ piastres (5 fils/qirsh)
5 piastres (50 fils/qirsh)
10 piastres (100 fils/qirsh)
25 piastres (250 fils/qirsh; ¼ dinar; also called a rubia, Arabic for "quarter")
50 piastres (500 fils/qirsh; ½ dinar; also called a nuus, Arabic for "half")

Banknotes in circulation are: 1, 5, 10, 20, and 50 dinar. [1]

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Exchange Rate

Since October 1995, the Central Bank of Jordan has supported a fixed exchange rate between the Jordanian dinar and the US dollar. As of April 07, 2006, the exchange rate is:

1 USD = 0.708759 JOD (1 JOD = 1.41092 USD)

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