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10 Afghanis
| Issuer | Da Afghanistan Bank |
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| Year | 1973-1977 |
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| Value | 10 Afghanis (أفغاني) (10 AFA) |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents an intaglio view of the Qal'a-i-Bost triumphal arch and surrounding fortress ruins at Lashkargah, set against a finely engraved landscape with a large circular guilloche panel to the left. The bank name in Arabic script runs along the upper margin, with the denomination rendered in Arabic-Indic numerals at upper left and right and the Western numeral '10' with the legend 'AFGHANIS' at lower right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Da Afghanistan Bank issued this series shortly after the July 1973 coup that ended the Afghan monarchy and established a republic under Mohammed Daoud Khan. The timing matters: notes from the early issues of this range carry no explicit date, making precise attribution within the 1973–1977 window genuinely difficult without accompanying documentation or serial letter analysis.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement here was long-standing — the firm had printed Afghan currency through multiple political transitions, which partly explains why the note's physical execution remained consistent even as the government issuing it changed entirely.