Issuer Jordan 

King Hussein bin Talal (1952-1999)

Type Non-circulating coin

Year 1400 (1980)

Calendar Islamic (Hijri)

Value 40 Dinars (40 JOD)

Currency Dinar (1949-date)

Composition Gold (.917)

Weight 14.31 g

Diameter 27 mm

Shape Round

Technique Milled

Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑

Number N# 102293

References KM# 45, Fr# 10, Schön# 45

Commemorative issue

15th Hijrah Century

Obverse

Bust of King Hussein bin Talal facing right

Lettering:

ملك المملكة الاردنية الهاشمية

الحسين بن طلالـ

THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN

Translation:

King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Hussein bin Talal

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Reverse

Quranic verse at the top. Cloud, sun rays, Dome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sakhrah) and Kaaba (a building at the center of Islam's most sacred mosque, Al-Masjid al-Haram, in Mecca) encircled. Dates and value at the bottom in Arabic.

Lettering:

··· إذ أخرجك الذين كفروا ثاني اثنين إذ هما في الغار إذ يقول لصاحبه لا تحزن إن الله معنا ···

١٤٠٠هـ اربعون دينارا ١٩٨٠م

Translation:

"When the unbelievers drove him out, he had no more than one companion; they two were in the cave, and he said to his companion, “Have no fear, for Allah is with us”"

AD1980 40 Dinars AH1400

Edge

Reeded