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25 Pul - Muhammed Zahir Shah
| Issuer | Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1933-1937 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#931 |
| Obverse description | Central field bears a multi-line Arabic legend reading 'Afghanistan / Al-Mutawakkil 'ala Allah / Muhammad Zahir Shah' arranged in calligraphic script within a dotted inner circle. The regnal epithet 'Al-Mutawakkil 'ala Allah' (He who trusts in God) occupies the upper portion of the central panel, with the royal name and title below. A pair of wheat ears frames the legend on either side, rising from the lower field. The Solar Hijri date (1312 on the illustrated example) appears within a cartouche at the base. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border and an outer milled rim. |
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| Reverse description | The large Eastern Arabic numeral '25' occupies the centre of the field, enclosed within a raised dotted circle. Above the numeral, the denomination legend 'پول' (Pul) is inscribed in Arabic script. A decorative wreath of wheat ears flanks the central motif on both sides, tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The design is surrounded by a beaded border and an outer reeded rim, with a plain field between the wreath and the border. |
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Zahir Shah took the throne in November 1933 at nineteen years old following the assassination of his father Nadir Shah, and these early pul issues fall squarely within the period when real authority rested with his uncles — particularly Prime Minister Hashim Khan. The coinage was effectively administered by regents while the young king held ceremonial power.
Afghanistan's bronze coinage of this period was minted in Kabul under persistently inconsistent conditions, which accounts for the striking variation in planchet quality seen across surviving examples.