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1/2 Afghani - Muhammed Nadir Shah
| Issuer | Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1929-1931 |
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| Value | 1/2 Afghani (أفغاني) (1/2 AFA) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting the facade of the Mosque of the Cloak of the Prophet (Khirqa Sharif) in Kandahar, rendered in detailed architectural relief with a central dome flanked by two minarets. Two Afghan flags are displayed to the left and right of the mosque. The composition is encircled by a wreath of olive and wheat branches tied at the base, with the Solar Hijri date in Eastern Arabic numerals (١٣٤٨) inscribed below the mosque in the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Muhammed Nadir Shah seized power in October 1929 after ousting Habibullah Kalakani, the Tajik rebel leader who had himself toppled Amanullah Khan earlier that year — making 1929 one of the most chaotic successions in Afghan history. Nadir Shah's immediate coinage program was a deliberate assertion of legitimacy, placing his name on silver before his government had fully consolidated control of the provinces.
The .500 fineness reflects a degraded silver standard inherited from the instability of the preceding months, when minting operations at Kabul had been severely disrupted.