1000 Afghanis

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Reverse description	A panoramic vignette across the lower half of the note presents a landscape view of Kabul, with buildings, trees, and mountains in the background rendered in fine intaglio line work. A large circular guilloche medallion bearing the denomination numeral 1000 occupies the left portion of the face, while a decorative floral fan motif fills the upper centre. The Bank of Afghanistan title in Dari script runs across the top, with denomination inscriptions in Western numerals at the corners.
Reverse lettering	د افغانستان بانک ١٠٠٠
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Comments	Bradbury Wilkinson produced this note for the Bank of Afghanistan during a period when Kabul was actively modernizing its financial institutions under Nadir Shah's reforms — reforms that his son Zahir Shah continued after the 1933 assassination. The relationship between Afghanistan and British printing houses was largely pragmatic: domestic printing infrastructure simply didn't exist at the required security level, so London supplied the notes for a country that was simultaneously trying to maintain independence from British political influence. Pick 27A is the rarer of the two catalogue variants for this type. Worth verifying the signature combination carefully before attributing.