25 Pul

This coin dates to the year after the Soviet invasion — the December 1979 intervention that toppled Hafizullah Amin and installed Babrak Karmal as a Soviet-backed head of state. Da Afghanistan Bank continued issuing coinage through the early occupation years, though the Afghan economy was severely disrupted and much of the rural population had little use for small-denomination coins as conflict displaced traditional market activity. The 1980 issues represent a transitional moment in Afghan monetary administration, produced under a government that existed largely at Moscow's discretion.