Type details
| Country | Jordan |
| Currency | JOD |
| Denomination | 1 |
| Series | King Hussein ibn Talal series |
| Series year | 1975 |
| Series range | 1959-1992 |
| Issuer | Central Bank of Jordan |
| Issuer (native) | البنك المركزي الاردني |
| Signatures | Minister of Finance: Hisham Al Tal; Governor: Ali Abu Rumman |
| Printer | Thomas De La Rue |
| Front portrait | King Hussein ibn Talal |
| Reverse subject | Dome of the Rock |
| Themes | monarch,religion,architecture |
| Watermark | Portrait of King Hussein |
| Security features | watermark,intaglio |
| Colour palette | #8b9556,#d4c5a0,#4a5f3a |
| Material | paper |
| Dimensions (mm) | 145x70 |
| Language / script | Arabic and Latin |
| Languages | ar,en |
| Pick # | 14 |
| Rarity | common |
| Legal status | withdrawn |
| Legal status date | 1992 |
| Predecessor currency | Palestinian pound |
| Successor currency | Jordanian dinar (new design) |
| Era | 1946_1989 |
| Default value (low) | 2.0 |
| Default value (high) | 5.0 |
| Value currency | USD |
Front
King Hussein ibn Talal (1935–1999), King of Jordan from 1952 to 1999, who ruled for 47 years through regional conflicts and worked toward peace in the Middle East. The portrait shows him in Western formal attire, reflecting his modernization efforts and his role as a bridge between Arab and Western worlds during the Cold War era and beyond.
Back
The Dome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sakhra) in Jerusalem, an Islamic shrine completed in 691 CE on the Temple Mount. Built by Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik, it is one of the oldest extant works of Islamic architecture and represents Jordan's historical custodianship of Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, a role held by the Hashemite dynasty since 1924.
History
This note belongs to the King Hussein ibn Talal series issued by the Central Bank of Jordan from 1959 through 1992, following the establishment of the Jordanian dinar in 1950 to replace the Palestinian pound. The series featured various denominations all bearing the portrait of King Hussein, who became king at age 17 and was the longest-serving executive head of state in the 20th century. The 1 dinar note was a workhorse denomination in circulation for over three decades until the series was replaced by later issues in the 1990s.
