I was walking in the streets of Irbid city last night, when I saw an old man selling these..!
I only paid 1 Jordanian Dinar for the 175 Iraqi Dinars!
No, It’s not because I like the pictures of Saddam, I don’t like the man, but I’m just fond of collecting currencies.
you can find just anything at the streets of Irbid, it’s so unpredictable! Man, I love Irbid!!
on 27 Nov 2006 at 10:48 am # eng amjad
مرحبا وشكرا كثيرا لزيارتكم لآفاق علمية ولكلماتكم اللطيفة المدونة في المدونة
الى القاء
on 27 Nov 2006 at 2:13 pm # aya almusa
cool bs sad bnfs wl w2et bnba3 b 10 jd ?!7aram
on 27 Nov 2006 at 6:44 pm # Eno..
ya tara eldoor 3ala meeen ba3do!!?
on 27 Nov 2006 at 9:52 pm # Abed. Hamdan
Eng. Amjad:
you’re welcome, and I added two of your posts to my del.icio.us
Aya Almusa:
I wish it was 10 JD! It’s just one 1 JD!!!
Eno:
Allahu A3lam, loool
on 28 Nov 2006 at 1:16 am # Mala2e6
i love to collect currencies..and i have many valuable ones(a palestinian old coin is one of them)
i once traded a new jordanian dinar with an old one for the same price..coz i wanted to have it anyway.i also kept garta(gershain w nos) since it is disappearing,and the old brown 1/2 dinar.
khabeeli minhom ma 3endi 3emleh iraqeyeh..
on 28 Nov 2006 at 3:31 am # Khaled
I can remember those days Abed when One Iraqi Dinar used to equal 1 Kuawiti Dinar, and more than 2.5 JD’s! Who could believe this… I know another man in irbid who selles old coins from every where in the world, you can find him near the Royal Jordanian office in Al-Husun street.
by the way, it was an amazing chance to meet you… at last!
on 29 Nov 2006 at 12:01 am # Anonymous
who would believed that this might happened one day !!
~sigh~
on 29 Nov 2006 at 12:42 am # 7ala
yah ya Abed … wain el3eraq weslat! shi bebakky jd
I love Irbid too
on 29 Nov 2006 at 2:34 am # lennybruce
Hey Abed,
I wonder… maybe a business idea for you to exploit American’s weird version of patriotism… buy a whole bunch of those things, put them in acrylic like a desktop paperweight and put an inscription on it ‘memoralizing’ America’s great freedom campaign and then sell them via ebay or something for like 20$ each. A bit cynical I know but its nice to take advantage of americans sometimes.
Peace
on 29 Nov 2006 at 3:49 am # ArabLady
Walla I LOVE IRBID TOOOOOOOOO! MORE THAN AMMAAAAAAAAAAN!! sTRANGe BuT tRuRE
on 29 Nov 2006 at 8:14 am # Abed. Hamdan
MaLa2e6:
I have a palestinian old coin, and I have an old “israeli” coin, it was the first to be used in Palestine after 1984, I found it at the garden of our house in Jenin
Khaled:
really ? in Al-Husun street ?? Im going there tomorrow! It’s was great meeting you too, we had so much fun :)) and my friend liked you
SimSim:
you understand me very well. That’s was on my mind when I saw the old man selling them…
on 29 Nov 2006 at 8:17 am # Abed. Hamdan
7ala:
yeah, sad !
Lenny Bruce:
great idea my friend, but this way I’d end up in jail, I live in the middle east man
ArabLady:
so do I!! nothing fascinates me in Amman, and I just like the simplicity of Irbid!
on 30 Nov 2006 at 9:17 am # اÙ٠اÙ
hi there
lish homa esh el 3omla 3ndhom hala2?
3o2bal ma nla2e el shekel maztot o ntof 3alih ya rab…
on 30 Nov 2006 at 1:08 pm # izzi
That’s sad in a way… take a pic of your collection one time. i have never been to irbid but if it sells cool stuff like that it sees i am missing out cuz i love collecting such things as well!
on 30 Nov 2006 at 2:37 pm # nabd
i think that u love IRBID very much so u will do any thing to make ur life more interest
thx for this nots
& wish to viset my set at
http://www.nabdy.jeeran.com
i’ll wait 4 ur comment
have anice time
nabd
on 02 Dec 2006 at 4:41 am # neverland
wass up man?
on 02 Dec 2006 at 8:25 am # Ohoud
Partly its really sad…
on 02 Dec 2006 at 4:16 pm # Abed. Hamdan
Eman:
I don’t know what’s the current currency. ensha2allah this will happen eventually
Izzi:
when Im back home, I’ll take photos of my collection ensha’allah.
umm, about Irbid..It’s not that cool, I bought these from “bas6a”, I don’t think this place is suitable for girls
Nabd:
thank you, I’ll visit your blog ensha’allah.
NeverLand:
NEEEEVVVVEEERLAAAAANDD!! YOU ARE ALIVE!!!
good to hear from you
I’m just fine, my last months at uni
how are you ?? hows ur fiance ?? things are going fine, right ? I know
Ohoud: It is..
on 03 Dec 2006 at 2:15 am # wedad
abed, all of us will be souviners…………… not also iraq!!
on 03 Dec 2006 at 2:19 am # 7ala
wainak ?!
on 03 Dec 2006 at 10:14 am # Mala2e6
tagged
http://ghasseel.blogspot.com/2006/12/book-tag.html
on 03 Dec 2006 at 5:23 pm # Abed. Hamdan
Wedad:
I’m afraid you’re right
7ala:
here here, just busy shway
MaLa2e6:
thank you! will be answered soon ensha’allah
on 07 Dec 2006 at 5:24 am # Asrar El Banat
Hmmm I collect currency too. Me wants one.
on 06 Jan 2007 at 4:34 pm # Abed. Hamdan
Asrar el Banat: me 2
on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:02 am # Sou
Interesting….
So you “bought” money…Very interesting.
on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:02 am # saned
oh I miss those notes…I used to buy chips for 250 IDs…hehe
on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:02 am # Sami Majed
I recall when the Iraqi Dinnar was 4 Jordanian Dinnars. Denya!.
on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:03 am # Dr. Taisir Eldos
Iam afraid more will follow soon . .
on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:04 am # TeaLover
So in like 70 years .. will they have more value ?
you should tuck them away fro your gran children .. they may make a fortune out of these one day ! ..
one never knows Abed
on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:04 am # Manal Yusuf
yeah i collect money too, i even have an american quarter sense 1904, and some arabic and asian cerrencies sense the 70’s
and yeah it’s sad to see how an arab country got demolished, and we are just looking,
on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:05 am # Abed Hamdan
Sou:
yes I did, and it’s not the first time
Saned:
yeah
Sami Majid:
yeah! I wonder how it was back in the 80s!! *sigh*
on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:06 am # Abed Hamdan
Dr. Taisir Eldos:
yeah, very soon! it’s chaos, God knows when it gonna end..
TeaLover:
lool, yeah my grandchildren! I have many, im collecting since childhood
Manal Yusuf:
interesting! I have also some european currencies, from the 70s. and some from the Old Yugoslavia
on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:06 am # Ola
w ana ba2ool wian ra7 your blog! haik betroo7 bedoon ma te7ki ikhs 3alaiki :no: :p
Velcome back
on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:06 am # Ola
Abed, that comment was posted here by mistake
delete delete
About the currencies: Allah yer7am el3eraq ayyam zaman! kan el dinar yeswa balawi…5abbeehpm barki reje3 9addam w 9aro yeswo
3eesh ya gdeesh la yonbot el 7asheesh zay ma be2oolo
on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:07 am # Abed Hamdan
Ola:
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
la yonbot el 7asheesh! LOOL
the first comment is for white daisy blog, but you know what , I don’t feel like deleting it
:P
on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:07 am # Diana
come on guys, no one can beat me when it comes to currencies
I have coins that belong to hundreds of years ago. check them out.
On a second note: 175 Iraqi dinars for 1 J.D.? that’s sad, just sad…
on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:08 am # Asad Ramallah
i think its very authentic and interesting.
i would like to invite you all to my new blog.
asad al nimr
ramallah.
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on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:08 am # NaturalBlu
yallah balki bokra ghele se3erhom
on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:09 am # Luai
I also have the 25 Iraqi note I brought back from Jordan in 1993.
Just prior to the first Gulf war, I think there were two diffent types of currency in Iraq (locally printed versus Swiss printed, if memory serves me well) and Saddam had cancelled one of them (I think the one with the horses on it). At this point people just starting throwing it away. I think people were throwing it from the windows resembling New Year’s Eve in Times Square. Many, many people who though the currency was a wise investment lost “bazillions” as it turned out, it wasn’t even worth the paper it was printed on.
I recall my parents talking about a time when 1 JD = 3.5 USD. Now, 1 JD = 1.41 USD
on 28 Feb 2007 at 8:10 am # Abed Hamdan
Nana:
yeah I remember your post
you have a great collection *jealous*
Asad Ramallah:
ok, we’ll visit ur blog !
NaturalBlu:
lol, ok
Luai:
thanks for the great information
I was young, but I remember something like this, and I think that my aunt’s husband lost a great amount of Iraqi money due to this thing!