Jordanian dinar
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The Jordanian dinar is the official currency of Jordan and one of the region’s more stable and widely used Middle Eastern currencies.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
currency
ⓘ
fiat currency ⓘ |
| banknoteDenominations |
1 dinar
ⓘ
10 dinars ⓘ 20 dinars ⓘ 5 dinars ⓘ 50 dinars ⓘ |
| category |
Currencies of Asia
ⓘ
Economy of Jordan ⓘ |
| centralBank | Central Bank of Jordan ⓘ |
| coinDenominations |
0.5 dinar
ⓘ
1 dinar ⓘ 1 qirsh ⓘ 10 qirsh ⓘ 25 qirsh ⓘ 5 qirsh ⓘ 50 qirsh ⓘ |
| country | Jordan ⓘ |
| exchangeRateRegime | fixed peg ⓘ |
| introduced | 1950 ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code | JOD ⓘ |
| knownFor | relative stability ⓘ |
| languageOnCurrency |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| legalTenderSince | 1950 ⓘ |
| monetaryAuthority | Central Bank of Jordan ⓘ |
| officialCurrencyOf | Jordan ⓘ |
| peggedTo |
SDR
ⓘ
International Monetary Fund ⓘ
surface form:
Special Drawing Rights
basket of major currencies ⓘ |
| region | Middle East ⓘ |
| replacedCurrency | Palestine pound ⓘ |
| status | legal tender in Jordan ⓘ |
| subunit |
fils
ⓘ
piastre ⓘ qirsh ⓘ |
| subunitRatio |
1 dinar = 100 qirsh
ⓘ
1 dinar = 1000 fils ⓘ |
| symbol | JD ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Israeli new shekel in West Bank
ⓘ
US dollar in some transactions ⓘ |
| usedFor |
domestic payments in Jordan
ⓘ
government budgeting in Jordan ⓘ pricing of many contracts in West Bank ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Jordan
ⓘ
West Bank ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Arabic numerals and script on notes ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.