New banknotes in Jordan bearing the image of King Abdullah with Al-Aqsa Mosque next to him

The Central Bank of Jordan unveiled new banknotes, one of which bears the image of Jordan's King Abdullah II, next to Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem.

And the Central Bank of Jordan announced in a statement on Saturday evening that "the new issue includes the latest security signs used in the world of the money industry, in addition to improving the quality of banknotes and prolonging their life in circulation."

He added that the new version also comes "with the emergence of the need ... to improve the marking of cash denominations for the blind and visually impaired."

The new issue includes banknotes of 50 dinars, 20 dinars, 10 dinars, 5 dinars, and one dinar, and on one of its sides are pictures of the Jordanian kings from Abdullah II and the late Hussein bin Talal, Talal bin Abdullah, Abdullah I and Sharif Hussein bin Ali, as is the case in the currencies currently in circulation.

However, in the category of fifty dinars, the Al-Aqsa Mosque appears next to the image of King Abdullah II, according to the models unveiled by the Central Bank of Jordan.

The image of the mosque was not present in this denomination of the previous coin.

The Central Bank of Jordan confirmed that "these denominations will not carry the legal status (as a negotiable currency) until after they are offered alongside the denominations of the current issuance of banknotes within dates that we will announce at the time of offering each denomination," with the exception of the one-dinar denomination, which was already put into circulation on December 26.

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