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10 Afghanis
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance, Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1926-1928 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Green on white paper with a rectangular guilloche border of repeating foliate scroll ornaments. A central oval rosette medallion bearing the numeral 10 is surrounded by a wreath of oak and laurel branches. At left, a framed panel carries the French bearer text in seven lines; at right, a corresponding panel bears the equivalent Arabic text in four lines. |
| Reverse lettering | Sur Présentation de ce billet la Trésorerie Paiera au Porteur la somme de 10 afghanis دار الحضاریه افغانیه وعد ثادیه بسلره افغانی را حاصل کنه قاعده المطالبیسد |
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Afghanistan's Treasury notes of the late 1920s were issued under Amanullah Khan's ambitious modernization program, which sought to rationalize a monetary system that had long relied on coined silver. The paper currency experiment was not a success — public trust in banknotes was essentially nonexistent across most of the country, and redemption on demand proved difficult to sustain in practice.
Amanullah's government collapsed in 1929 following the Bacha-i Saqao uprising, and with it went the institutional backing for this series. Notes from this short window are genuinely scarce in any grade.