2 Afghanis

Bradbury Wilkinson printed this note at their New Malden works during a period when the Afghan government was actively modernizing its banking infrastructure following the 1939 founding of Da Afghanistan Bank as a proper central institution. The low denomination placed this note in everyday circulation among a population that remained largely wary of paper money well into mid-century — coin habits died hard in the provinces, and small-value notes frequently suffered heavy use.

P#28 is among the scarcer Bradbury Wilkinson Afghan issues of the late 1940s, partly because surviving low-denomination circulars rarely warranted careful keeping.