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1 Abbasi - Amanullah
| Issuer | Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Weight | 4.36 g |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
| Reverse lettering | عباسی |
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Struck in the first year of Amanullah Khan's reign, this coin was issued immediately following the Third Anglo-Afghan War — a conflict that lasted only a few months but ended with the Treaty of Rawalpindi in August 1919, granting Afghanistan full control over its foreign affairs. The abbasi denomination itself was a survival from the old Safavid monetary system, retained through successive Afghan dynasties long after it had disappeared elsewhere.
Billon coinage of this period from the Kabul mint is notoriously inconsistent in alloy composition, a reflection of limited refining capacity rather than deliberate policy.