Amanullah Khan declared Afghan independence from British control in April 1919, triggering the Third Anglo-Afghan War. The subsequent Treaty of Rawalpindi, signed that August, formally restored Afghanistan's right to conduct its own foreign affairs — a right Britain had held since 1879. This coin belongs to the first independent Afghan coinage issued under that restored sovereignty, struck in the same year the war was fought.
Amanullah Khan declared Afghan independence from British control in April 1919, triggering the Third Anglo-Afghan War. The subsequent Treaty of Rawalpindi, signed that August, formally restored Afghanistan's right to conduct its own foreign affairs — a right Britain had held since 1879. This coin belongs to the first independent Afghan coinage issued under that restored sovereignty, struck in the same year the war was fought.