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10 Afghanis
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance |
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| Year | 1933 |
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| Value | 10 Afghanis |
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| Obverse lettering | Afghanis افغانی دولت شاهی افغانستان خزانهی افغانستان وجه ذاتی بیلی ده افغانی را بحال اسنود ما عنداطلابیجیدهام ۱/۳۳ |
| Reverse description | Predominantly brown intaglio print with a dense guilloche border of interlocking vine and floral motifs. The central field contains two lines of Pashto script within a radiating sunburst guilloche underprint, all enclosed within a highly ornate rectangular frame. Denomination numeral '10' is repeated in the lower left and upper right corners, and a small detached rosette watermark coupon appears at upper right. |
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Afghanistan's paper currency in the early 1930s was a deeply unstable proposition. The Ministry of Finance issued directly — bypassing any central banking structure — partly because Da Afghanistan Bank would not be established until 1939. Orell Füssli, the Swiss security printer, handled several Afghan issues of this period, providing a degree of technical credibility that domestic printing capacity could not yet offer.
The 1933 dating places this note in the reign of Mohammed Zahir Shah, who had just ascended the throne following the assassination of his father Mohammed Nadir Shah in November of that year.