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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] In 1988 and 1989, the dinar depreciated substantially due to mounting foreign debts in the kingdom. During that time, there were protests across the country.
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 dirham: MAD Morocco: DH Djiboutian franc: DJF Djibouti: Fdj Egyptian pound: EGP Egypt £E or ج.م or L.E. Lebanese pound [10] LBP Lebanon ...
List of all European currencies Country Present currency Currency sign ISO 4217 code Fractional unit Previous currency Albania lek [10]: L ALL qindarke: none Andorra euro [11] ...
A currency [a] is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. [1] [2] A more general definition is that a currency is a system of money in common use within a specific environment over time, especially for people in a nation state. [3]
Silver dinar from the reign of Serbian king Stefan Uroš I (1243–1255).. The modern dinar's historical antecedents are the gold dinar and the silver dirham, the main coin of the medieval Islamic empires, first issued in AH 77 (696–697 AD) (Late Antiquity) by Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan.
Since the mid-1980s, the primary currencies used in the West Bank have been the shekel and the Jordanian dinar. [14] The shekel is used for most transactions, especially retail, while the dinar is used more for savings and durable goods transactions. [15] The US dollar is also sometimes used for savings and for purchasing foreign goods. [15]
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The official currency in Jordan is the Jordanian dinar and divides into 100 qirsh (also called piastres) or 1000 fils. Since 23 October 1995, the dinar has been officially pegged to the IMF's special drawing rights (SDRs). In practice, it is fixed at 1 US$ = 0.709 dinar, which translates to approximately 1 dinar = 1.41044 dollars.