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5 Afghanis
| Uitgever | Ministry of Finance |
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| Jaar | |
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| Valuta | Afghani (1925-date) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Green note with the Afghan state arms vignette at left centre, consisting of a mosque within a wreath surmounted by an eagle. The denomination numeral '5' appears at upper left and lower right in both Western and Eastern Arabic numerals. Arabesque guilloche borders frame the design, with the issuer's name in Dari script across the top panel and handwritten signatures below the central text block. A red overprint serial number appears at upper left and lower right. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is printed in green and brown, dominated by an intricate engine-turned guilloche rosette at centre, surrounded by concentric floral and geometric lathe-work panels. The denomination numeral '5' appears in all four corners in both Western and Eastern Arabic script. Two lines of Dari text are set within a central cartouche over a sunburst underprint, with a decorative rosette at upper right. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Afghanistan's Ministry of Finance issued paper currency directly — bypassing a central bank — during a period when the Da Afghanistan Bank either lacked the authority or the infrastructure to manage note issuance independently. The P#16C is part of a series that circulated under some of the most unstable political conditions in twentieth-century Afghan history, with successive governments reprinting near-identical designs to maintain continuity of acceptance in a population with limited trust in state paper.
Cotton substrate was a practical necessity given Afghanistan's climate and the rough handling notes received in rural trade. High-altitude storage, dust, and repeated folding mean survivors in clean condition are less common than the print runs might suggest.