10 Pul - Muhammed Zahir Shah

Zahir Shah had taken the throne in 1933 at nineteen following his father's assassination, and the Afghan coinage of the mid-1930s reflects a government still consolidating authority after years of internal instability. The 10 Pul was part of a broader decimal reform series introduced under his reign, replacing the older fractional pul denominations that had created chronic confusion in bazaar transactions across Kabul and Kandahar.

Copper-nickel was a deliberate choice — Afghanistan had leaned on bronze for smaller change through much of the preceding decade, and the switch signaled alignment with modernizing regional neighbors.