Jordan 1962 10 fils
This specimen was lot 1434 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "JORDAN: Hussein Ibn Talal, 1952-1999, AE 10 fals, 1962//AH1386, NGC graded PF64 R." This type was struck intermittently 1955, 1960-67 and was also called a qirsh. No date is rare tho some of the proofs are expensive. Jordan, long a part of the Ottoman Empire, was seized by the British at the end of World War One but then granted independence under a local monarchy in 1946. King Hussein (r. 1951-99) proved to be an adroit politician who managed to maneuver between Israeli armed strength and the urgings of his Arab neighbors to attack Israel. Forced to participate in the wars of 1948, 1956 and 1967 (losing all three), the king stood aside when Sadat attacked Israel once again in 1973.
Recorded mintage: 2,300,000 + proofs.
Specification: 5.90 g, bronze, 25 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-10.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
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