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1 Paisa - Habibullah
| Issuer | Kabul Mint |
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| Year | 1911 |
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| Weight | 4.42 g |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1329 (1911) |
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Habibullah Khan modernized the Afghan state more aggressively than any ruler since Dost Mohammad, introducing electricity to Kabul and founding the country's first Western-style secondary school — yet his coinage remained deeply conservative, issued from a mint that operated on irregular schedules and without the mechanized precision of contemporary colonial mints. The Kabul Mint's output during his reign is notoriously inconsistent in flan quality, and brass paisa pieces frequently show adjustment marks or uneven planchet preparation that reflects workshop rather than industrial production.
Habibullah was assassinated in 1919 while on a hunting trip, a killing never officially solved.