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20 Afghanis
| Issuer | Da Afghanistan Bank |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Printer | Goznak (Гознак, Экспедиция заготовления государственных бумаг), Russia (1818-date) |
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| Reverse description | A landscape vignette occupies the centre of the note, presenting Band-e Haibat (Lake of Grandiose), one of the natural lakes of the Band-e Amir National Park in Bamiyan province, with its characteristic blue waters and surrounding terrain. The Qadamjoy Shah-e-Aulia building is visible within the composition. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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This note was printed by Goznak in Moscow — a detail that dates it precisely to the brief window of the Soviet-backed Taraki and then Amin governments, before the December 1979 invasion formalized what was already a close dependency. Afghanistan had used Goznak for banknote production through much of the 1970s, a practical arrangement that reflected the USSR's dominant role in the country's infrastructure and military apparatus well before the tanks crossed the Amu Darya.
P#56 is among the last of the pre-invasion series. The timing makes attribution of specific print runs to specific regimes genuinely difficult.