Catalog
100 Afghanis
| Issuer | Da Afghanistan Bank |
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| Year | 1967 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the mausoleum of King Nadir Shah in Kabul, rendered in intaglio, with flanking cypress trees and a broad tiled forecourt extending toward the viewer. The bank title in Dari script is inscribed at bottom centre, with the denomination "100 AFGHANIS" at upper left and lower right. Decorative floral rosettes occupy the upper corners against a rose-red guilloche field. |
| Reverse lettering | د افغانستان بانک ۱۰۰ افغانی 100 AFGHANIS |
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Da Afghanistan Bank began issuing De La Rue-printed notes following the central bank's formal establishment in 1939, and by the 1960s the relationship was well-established — this 1967 series represented one of the last conventionally printed Afghan issues before the political turbulence of the 1970s severely disrupted currency management. De La Rue's work for Afghanistan during this period was competent but unhurried; the watermark security was minimal by contemporary standards even for developing-nation contracts.
The cotton substrate is consistent with De La Rue's standard specification for Afghan orders of the period.