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2 1/2 Rupees - Amanullah
| Issuer | Emirate of Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1919-1924 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mint | Kabul Mint |
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Amanullah Khan came to power in February 1919 following his father Habibullah's assassination, and almost immediately launched the Third Anglo-Afghan War — a three-month conflict that ended with the Treaty of Rawalpindi and full Afghan control over foreign policy. The coins struck under his early reign reflect a government simultaneously fighting a war, negotiating independence, and rebuilding administrative institutions from scratch.
The fractional rupee denominations of this period were issued in an economy where Indian coinage still circulated freely across the eastern frontier, making domestic silver issues as much a statement of sovereign currency control as practical money.