1 Paisa - Amanullah

Amanullah Khan came to power in February 1919 following the assassination of his father Habibullah, and within months had launched the Third Anglo-Afghan War — a brief but politically decisive conflict that secured Afghan control over foreign affairs from Britain. This paisa was struck in the immediate aftermath, as Amanullah moved to assert full sovereignty through institutional reform, including the reorganization of the coinage system. The 1920 issues represent his early monetary program before the more ambitious metrological reforms of the mid-1920s.