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25 Pul - Muhammed Zahir Shah
| Issuer | Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1951-1954 |
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| Value | 25 Puls (پول) (0.25 AFA) |
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| Reverse description | The Afghan royal arms occupy the central field, depicting a stylised mosque with a domed roof and two minarets set above an ornamental arch, flanked symmetrically by two wheat ears whose stems cross beneath the device and are bound by a ribbon inscribed with the Arabic legend 'Afghanistan'. The Solar Hijri date appears in Eastern Arabic numerals below the mosque. The entire composition is enclosed within a fine dentilated border that runs around the full circumference of the coin. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Afghanistan's coinage under Zahir Shah in the early 1950s was produced largely through arrangements with foreign mints, as the country lacked a fully operational domestic minting infrastructure capable of consistent bronze production. The KM#941 type spans a short window that coincides with Zahir Shah's gradual consolidation of administrative authority following the 1946 resignation of his uncle Shah Mahmud Khan as prime minister — a period of quiet political repositioning rather than open reform.
Circulation in rural Afghanistan at this time was patchy at best; barter remained prevalent in highland regions, and low-denomination bronze pul saw most of their use in Kabul's urban markets.