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JORDAN
KM 56 |
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SHORT COINS ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
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JORDAN
KM 56 |
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SHORT COINS ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
| Face Value | Diameter mm | Weight g | Thickness mm | Edge | Composition | Rotation |
| 1 piastres | 25.0 | 5.5 | Plain | Bronze-pl-Steel | Medal |
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Inscriptions in Arabic. Bust of King Hussein I left.
Hussein I bin Talal, King of Jordan (1935 – 1999). He ascended after the 1952 abdication of his father, King Talal. |
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Inscriptions along the rim - title of state, below - the year of minting ( AH1416=AD1996) in Arabic, lattice design, Arabic numeral '1' , denomination in words in Arabic and in English. |