Talk:Jordanian dinar/Archives/2012

Question of Accuracy
The information on this page does not appear to be accurate. Obviously it is important to post the history of the dinar, but the way the information is listed is misleading in that it sounds current (there are no longer dirhams in the Jordanian monatary system). On top of this, 1 quirsh is equal to 1 fil, and not 1 piastre. The current systems is as follows:


 * 1 fil (also 1 quirsh) = 1000th of a dinar
 * 1 piastre = 10 fils (100th of a dinar)

Coins in circulation:


 * 1 fil (also 1 quirsh) = 1000th of a dinar
 * 2½ piastres = 25 fils
 * 5 piastres = 50 fils
 * 10 piastres = 100 fils
 * 25 piastres (¼ dinar) = 250 fils (also called a rubia, the Arabic word for "quarter")
 * 50 piastres (½ dinar) = 500 fils (also called a nuus, the Arabic word for "half")

Banknotes in circulation:


 * 1 dinar
 * 5 dinars
 * 10 dinars
 * 20 dinars
 * 50 dinars

Unless anyone can prove the above information inaccurate, I will plan on making the changes. - Cybjorg 11:42, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Right but quirsh = piastre not fils (also fils is single not plural). - Smart_Viral 20:14, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

The above is definitely inaccurate. I am considered by many to be the foremost authority on Jordanian money, with over 15 years of experience (just google my name or visit my web sites www.JordanCoins.com and www.JordanCurrency.com  That said, here is the summary of Jordanian money / denominations (historical and current):

Banknotes
 * 500 Fils or 1/2 Dinar: 1949 - 1997 (Note: this is the same as saying 50 cents or half a dollar. Till the late 1960s, the half dinar banknote was referred to as 500 Fils)
 * 1 Dinar: 1949 - present
 * 5 Dinars: 1949 - present
 * 10 Dinars: 1949 - present
 * 20 Dinars: 1977 - present
 * 50 Dinars: 1949 - 1953 and 1999 - present

Coins (not including commemorative coins)
 * 1 Fils: 1949 - 1991 (Note 1: last coin was minted 1985. Note 2: "Fil" is an incorrect word, "Fils" is the correct singular form in Arabic. In 1949, the British Royal Mint incorrectly struck a batch of coins with "1 Fil" as the demonimation, but this was quickly remedied with the second striking of the coins with the correct "1 Fils" denomination. Note 3: 1 Dinar = 1000 Fils)
 * 5 Fils: 1949 - 1996 (Note: In 1992, 5 Fils was renamed to 1/2 Piastre (or 1/2 Qirsh, the Arabic equivalent of Piastre)
 * 10 Fils: 1949 - present (Note: In 1992, 10 Fils was renamed to 1 Piastre (or 1 Qirsh, the Arabic equivalent of Piastre)
 * 20 Fils: 1949 - 1967
 * 25 Fils: 1968 - present (Note: In 1992, 25 Fils was renamed to 2 1/2 Piastres (or 2 1/2 Qirsh, the Arabic equivalent of Piastre)
 * 50 Fils: 1949 - present (Note: In 1992, 50 Fils was renamed to 5 Piastres (or 5 Qirsh, the Arabic equivalent of Piastre)
 * 100 Fils: 1949 - present (Note: In 1992, 100 Fils was renamed to 10 Piastres (or 10 Qirsh, the Arabic equivalent of Piastre)
 * 1/4 Dinar: 1969 - present
 * 1/2 Dinar: 1980 - present
 * 1 Dinar: 1996 - 2000 (last coin was minted in 1998)

So, in short: 1 Dinar = 10 Dirhams (not an actual denomination, but a theoretical value) = 100 Qirsh (or Piastres) = 1000 Fils

- mwbseiso 13:20, 3 January 2008

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:57, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

External Link Proposal
We all have our specialties and passions in life. I would say mine is Jordanian coins and paper money. I have studied this subject more thoroughly than anybody I know, for over the past 15+ years. That said, I would like to be able to open the door to readers of this article to be able to see and read accurate, in-depth details that are the fruit of my ongoing research, on the web site www.JordanCoins.com (non-commercial and strictly informative web site). I have attempted adding the link a couple of times in the past only to find out it gets removed and disregarded as "spam". This is rather unfortunate, and I am therefore starting this post in the hopes that people would "democratically" agree or disagree on the addition or non-addition of this link to the "external links" section. A simple survey of Jordanian coins and banknotes on the internet (through Google Searches and web sites such as Ron Wise's site, to which you liberally placed a link) you will see that my site is the most complete resource to Jordanian coins and banknotes out there. References/Endorsements from the Central Bank of Jordan can be provided upon request. Mwbseiso (talk) 21:14, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Clearly this is not something that many people are concerned about, judging by the lack of any reponses. Any feedback? Mwbseiso (talk) 04:32, 18 January 2008 (UTC)


 * As far as I can see, this is a perfectly reasonable (and useful) page to link to. Perhaps you should ask User:Green Giant why he/she judged it to be spam. Dove1950 (talk) 15:37, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, User:Dove1950 for the feedback. I did talk to User:Green Giant who explained that his problem was mainly with people placing links to their own web sites. Having said that, I am not running a commercial site - it is strictly informative and as you kindly said - useful, to the collecting community among others. He suggested that I discuss this issue on this page and if people are not opposed then placing a link is ok. With that in mind, I am going to place the link there now. Thank you again. Mwbseiso (talk) 18:26, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I too think this website is a great resource. What we don't welcome is adding commercial links to a large number of Wikipedia articles, which is clearly not the case here. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 12:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Just to add my two cents to this debate, my original objections can be seen at User talk:Mwbseiso. The same links were added to both this article and Jordan which is why I believed them to be spam at the time. However, now that Mwbseiso has discussed the issue, I have absolutely no objections to the links being included. Green Giant (talk) 01:21, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Pictures of Money
I have good pictures of all denominations of Jordanian coins if you would like me to put them up —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alanlemagne (talk • contribs) 20:44, 16 December 2009 (UTC)