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1000 Afghanis
| Issuer | Da Afghanistan Bank |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Value | 1000 Afghanis (أفغاني) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a vignette of the Hazrat Ali Shrine (Blue Mosque) in Mazar-i-Sharif, rendered in intaglio on the right side against an intricate geometric guilloche underprint in red and orange tones. The bank name in Dari script appears in the upper central panel flanked by the national emblem of Afghanistan at upper right, with the denomination numeral '١٠٠٠' in large figures to the left. Two manuscript signatures of bank officials appear in the lower central area above the Persian date inscription. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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Da Afghanistan Bank resumed note production after the fall of the Taliban in late 2001, and this 1000 Afghani denomination was part of the first major reissue series — printed in 2002 as the interim administration attempted to stabilize a currency that had splintered into at least two competing versions during the civil war years, with Northern Alliance and Kabul-issued notes trading at wildly different rates.
The Pick 72 series was printed by De La Rue. The printed date of 30 April 1945 references the Afghan solar calendar, not the Gregorian — a detail that routinely confuses western collectors encountering the series for the first time.