Official Currency of Jordan

Jordan is a sovereign Arab state and is located on the east bank of the Jordan river. Before going to visit the state, you must have information related to the Jordan currency. As Jordan currency will help you to buy the goods and services in the state and without Jordan currency, you cannot exchange things. So as most of the people ask what Jordan currency is? The Jordan currency is known as Jordanian dinar, and the code of this dinar is JOD. Since 1950, Jordanian dinar has been the official Jordan currency. Jordanian dinar is widely used in the West Bank. The Jordan currency is divided into 10 dirhams, 100 qirshes and 1000 fulus. 

History of Jordan

In the years 1927-1950, the Jordan currency was Palestine pound, but after when Jordan got its independence the government of Jordan decided to launch its own Jordan currency which was introduced in 1949. Jordan currency consists of banknotes as well as coins. Both of the forms of Jordan currency are accepted in the markets of Jordan. The Jordan currency for bank notes are 1, 5, 10, 20, and 50 dinars and coins are of 1/4, 1/2, 1 dinar among with 1/2, 1, 5, 19 qirsh.

Jordan Currency to PKR & USD

The Jordan currency rate keeps on fluctuating on a daily routine. Jordan currency rate to pkr is 173.57 Rupee which means one dinar equals this much Pakistani currency. The Jordan currency rate to USD is 1.41 US dollars so you can exchange the Jordan currency with this much dollars.

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