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100 Afghanis
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance |
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| Currency | Afghani (1925-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | ۱۰۰ خزانه لی افغانستان وعد ه ادا مدیتخلی یکصد افغانی رابجابل سنه عبدالطالب یندیده AFGHANIS 100 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in a two-colour scheme of green and purple-brown, dominated by a large central rectangular panel enclosed within an intricate guilloche border with foliate corner ornaments. The central panel carries a three-line Pashto inscription stating the note's value and issuing authority, set against a lace-like green underprint. The numeral '100' appears in Arabic-Indic numerals in the upper right and lower left corners, while a blank white rectangle at the right edge is reserved for a watermark or control panel; no pictorial vignette is present. |
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Afghanistan's Ministry of Finance issued notes directly — bypassing the central bank model — during a period when the Da Afghanistan Bank lacked the institutional standing to manage currency independently. The P#20A falls within a series tied to that arrangement, which was itself a reflection of the political fragmentation affecting Afghan fiscal administration through much of the mid-twentieth century.
Cotton substrate with a single watermark as the only security measure points to a modest print contract, likely placed abroad given Afghanistan's lack of a domestic security printing facility at the time. Which printer held that contract for this specific issue remains a matter of some dispute in the literature.