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| Uitgever | Afghanistan |
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| Jaar | 1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central field bearing the royal tughra of Amanullah Khan rendered in ornate calligraphic script, flanked by Persian inscriptions to the upper right. The date in Afghan solar calendar numerals (١٢٩٩) is inscribed below the tughra. The entire central device is encircled by a wreath of stylized foliage, with fine milled denticles running along the coin's rim. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | (١) ١۲۹۹ |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Amanullah Khan introduced the amani as part of a sweeping modernization campaign following the Third Anglo-Afghan War, which had ended in 1919 with the Treaty of Rawalpindi and full Afghan independence from British control over foreign affairs. The new currency system — replacing the rupee-based structure — was a direct assertion of that independence, with denominations named after the king himself.
The .900 fine gold standard adopted mirrors contemporary European practice rather than regional convention, a deliberate alignment with Western monetary norms that reflected Amanullah's broader reformist agenda before his eventual abdication in 1929.