{"title":"Jordan","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"jordan-p-w30-5-dinars-2022-ah-1443-new-family-of-notes-1","title":"Jordan 5 Dinars 2022 UNC—King Abdullah I—Treasury of Petra","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOwn this banknote from Jordan — one face bearing the founder of the Hashemite Kingdom, the other the carved sandstone facade of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al-Khazneh\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAl-Khazneh\u003c\/a\u003e, the Treasury at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petra\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePetra\u003c\/a\u003e, a city cut entirely from rose-red rock by a civilization that vanished and was lost to the Western world for a thousand years.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBanknote Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTBB# 236a, 1443H (2022):\u003c\/strong\u003e Signatures: Mohamad Al Ississ \u0026amp; Dr. Ziad Fariz ← \u003cem\u003ethis listing\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eTBB# 236b, 1447H (2025): Signatures: Al-Shibli \u0026amp; Al-Sharkas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Obverse: blue and green; Reverse: blue and green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFront:\u003c\/strong\u003e Portrait of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abdullah_I_of_Jordan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKing Abdullah I ibn Hussain\u003c\/a\u003e (1853–1931), founder of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al-Khazneh\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAl-Khazneh (Treasury of the Pharaoh)\u003c\/a\u003e, Petra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBack:\u003c\/strong\u003e Central tholos (round temple) detail of Al-Khazneh, Petra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e King Abdullah I ibn Hussain; electrotype 5 with Arabic text\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 137 × 74 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Bank_of_Jordan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCentral Bank of Jordan (البنك المركزي الاردني)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_La_Rue\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDe La Rue\u003c\/a\u003e, London (1821–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDemonetized:\u003c\/strong\u003e No — current legal tender\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gov. Mohamad Al Ississ \u0026amp; Dr. Ziad Fariz (Minister of Finance)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordanian_dinar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJordanian dinar\u003c\/a\u003e (1949–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Jordan\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCapital:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amman\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmman\u003c\/a\u003e (city pop ~4.2 million; metro pop ~4.7 million, UN 2023) — similar to Los Angeles or Madrid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~10.8 million (UN 2023) — similar to Sweden or Michigan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e 89,342 km² (~34,495 mi²) — similar to Portugal or Indiana\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGDP per capita at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePPP\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~$13,500 USD (IMF 2023) — ranks ~108th out of 193 globally\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain exports:\u003c\/strong\u003e Potash, phosphates, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, clothing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBorders:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syria\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSyria\u003c\/a\u003e (north), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iraq\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIraq\u003c\/a\u003e (northeast), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saudi_Arabia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSaudi Arabia\u003c\/a\u003e (east and south), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Israel\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIsrael\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Bank\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWest Bank\u003c\/a\u003e (west); short \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Aqaba\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRed Sea coast\u003c\/a\u003e at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aqaba\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAqaba\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial languages:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arabic_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArabic\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpoken languages:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordanian_Arabic\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJordanian Arabic\u003c\/a\u003e (dominant), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/English_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/a\u003e (widely used in business and education), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chechen_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChechen\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Circassian_languages\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCircassian\u003c\/a\u003e (small communities descended from 19th-century refugees from the Caucasus)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ottoman_Empire\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOttoman Empire\u003c\/a\u003e (until 1918)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mandatory_Palestine\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBritish Mandate\u003c\/a\u003e — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emirate_of_Transjordan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEmirate of Transjordan\u003c\/a\u003e (1921–1946)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHashemite Kingdom of Jordan\u003c\/a\u003e (25 May 1946–date) — this note issued during this period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eJordan Unfiltered\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petra\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePetra\u003c\/a\u003e was the capital of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nabataean_Kingdom\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNabataean Kingdom\u003c\/a\u003e — a civilization of Arab traders who grew fabulously wealthy controlling the incense routes between Arabia, Egypt, and Rome. They carved an entire city from sandstone cliffs, built sophisticated water systems in a desert, and then \u003cstrong\u003evanished so completely that the Western world forgot Petra existed for nearly a thousand years.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Swiss explorer “rediscovered” it in 1812.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJordan has absorbed more refugees per capita than almost any country on earth — Palestinians in 1948 and 1967, Iraqis after 2003, Syrians after 2011. \u003cstrong\u003eRoughly half of Jordan's population today is of Palestinian origin.\u003c\/strong\u003e The country has been a pressure valve for every regional crisis for 75 years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordanian_dinar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJordanian dinar\u003c\/a\u003e is one of the \u003cstrong\u003ehighest-valued currency units in the world\u003c\/strong\u003e — pegged to the US dollar at roughly 1 JOD = $1.41. Jordan has almost no oil. The dinar's strength is a political choice, maintained through foreign aid and remittances.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKing Abdullah I — the man on this note — was \u003cstrong\u003eassassinated at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem in 1951\u003c\/strong\u003e by a Palestinian nationalist who feared he would make a separate peace with Israel. His grandson, the young Hussein, was standing next to him and survived only because a medal on his chest deflected the bullet aimed at him.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJordan is one of only two Arab countries to have signed a \u003cstrong\u003eformal peace treaty with Israel\u003c\/strong\u003e (1994), the other being Egypt. The treaty has held, but it has never been popular with the Jordanian public.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe City That Shouldn't Exist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImagine building a capital city in a desert canyon — no river, scarce rainfall, surrounded by cliffs — and making it one of the wealthiest trading hubs in the ancient world. That's what the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nabataean_people\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNabataeans\u003c\/a\u003e did at Petra. They carved temples, tombs, and theaters directly into rose-red sandstone. They engineered an elaborate system of pipes, cisterns, and dams that collected every drop of rain and flash flood water. \u003cstrong\u003eAt its peak, Petra may have held 30,000 people\u003c\/strong\u003e in a landscape that looks like it could support almost none.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Treasury — Al-Khazneh — is the most photographed facade, but it's actually a tomb, probably built for the Nabataean king \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aretas_IV_Philopatris\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAretas IV\u003c\/a\u003e around the 1st century BCE. The name “Treasury” comes from a Bedouin legend that an Egyptian pharaoh hid his treasure in the stone urn at the top. Locals used to shoot at the urn hoping to break it open. \u003cstrong\u003eThe urn is solid rock.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe King Who Founded a Country and Was Killed for It\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbdullah I ibn Hussain — the face on this note — was a Hashemite prince from the Hejaz who ended up ruling a piece of desert that nobody particularly wanted. The British drew the borders of Transjordan almost as an afterthought in 1921, and Abdullah made something of it. He built institutions, kept the peace between warring tribes, and navigated the impossible politics of the region with enough skill that the kingdom survived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was shot dead at the entrance to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in 1951. His grandson Hussein — who would go on to rule Jordan for 46 years — was standing beside him. \u003cstrong\u003eA medal on the boy's chest stopped the bullet meant for him.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Hashemite dynasty has been one assassination away from extinction more than once. It's still there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eA Kingdom That Survives by Being Useful to Everyone\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJordan has no oil, almost no water, and borders that touch every flashpoint in the Middle East. It has survived by being indispensable — to the US, to Israel, to the Gulf states, to the Palestinians. It hosts American military bases. It has a peace treaty with Israel that its own population mostly opposes. It has taken in more refugees than it can comfortably hold and kept functioning anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dinar on this note is worth more than the dollar. That's not an accident — it's a policy decision, maintained through foreign aid and the remittances of Jordanians working abroad. \u003cstrong\u003eThe currency is a statement: we are stable.\u003c\/strong\u003e In a neighborhood that has not been stable for a very long time, that's worth something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOwn This Note From the Kingdom That Guards the Rose-Red City\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a current-issue note from Jordan's Fifth Series, printed by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_La_Rue\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDe La Rue\u003c\/a\u003e in London and issued in 2022. It is legal tender, uncirculated, and carries two views of Al-Khazneh — the full facade on the front, the central tholos detail on the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePetra was lost for a thousand years. It took a Swiss explorer disguised as a Muslim pilgrim to find it again. The Nabataeans who built it are gone. The sandstone they carved is still there, and so is this note.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51545165824311,"sku":"JO236aU","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/30o.jpg?v=1775070567"}],"url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/collections\/jordan.oembed","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}