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The use of the Palestine pound ceased in the country on 30 September 1950. The Central Bank of Jordan was established in 1959 and took over note production in 1964. In 1967, Jordan lost control of the West Bank, but the Jordanian dinar continued to be used there. It continues to be widely used in the West Bank alongside the Israeli shekel. [2]
The Law of the CBJ was enacted in 1959. Thereafter, its operational procedures were commenced on the first day of October 1964. The CBJ succeeded the Jordan Currency Board which had been established in 1950. The capital of the CBJ, which is totally owned by the government, was increased gradually, from one million to 18 billion Jordanian Dinars.
Jordan ranked 18th on the 2012 Global Retail Development Index which lists the 30 most attractive retail markets in the world. [37] Jordan was ranked as the 19th most expensive country in the world to live in 2010 and the most expensive Arab country to live in. [38] Jordan has been a member of the World Trade Organization since 2000. [39]
Algerian dinar: DZD Algeria: دج (Arabic) or DA (Latin) Bahraini dinar [1] BHD Bahrain.د.ب [2] Iraqi dinar [3] IQD Iraq: ع.د [4] Jordanian dinar [5] JOD Jordan: ينار [6] Kuwaiti dinar [7] KWD Kuwait: ك [7] Tunisian dinar: TND Tunisia: د.ت (Tunisian Arabic) or DT (Latin) UAE dirham [8] AED United Arab Emirates: AED [9] Moroccan ...
Jordan: Jordanian dinar: JD JOD Piastre [H] 100 Kazakhstan: Kazakhstani tenge ₸ KZT Tıyn: 100 Kenya: Kenyan shilling: Sh or Shs (pl.) KES Cent: 100 Kiribati: Kiribati dollar [E] $ (none) Cent: 100 Australian dollar $ AUD Cent: 100 Korea, North: North Korean won ₩ KPW Chon: 100 Korea, South: South Korean won ₩ KRW Jeon: 100 Kosovo: Euro ...
Jordan adopted the Jordanian dinar in 1949. In the West Bank, the Palestine pound continued to circulate until 1950, when the West Bank was annexed by Jordan, and the Jordanian dinar became legal tender there. The Jordanian dinar is still legal tender in the West Bank along with the Israeli shekel.
Between 1942 and 1950, the government issued "small change" notes in denominations of 5p, 10p, 25p and 50p. After 1945, the Bank of Syria and Lebanon continued to issue paper money for Lebanon, but the notes were denominated specifically in "Lebanese pounds" (ليرة لبنانية, livre libanaise) to distinguish them from Syrian notes.
King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life (Yale University Press; 2008) excerpt; Bradshaw, Tancred. Britain and Jordan: imperial strategy, King Abdullah I and the Zionist movement (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012). El-Anis, Imad H. (2011). Jordan and the United States : the political economy of trade and economic reform in the Middle East. London ...