5 Amani - Amanullah

Amanullah Khan introduced the amani as part of a sweeping post-independence monetary reform following the Anglo-Afghan War of 1919 — a direct assertion of fiscal independence from British India's monetary orbit. The gold coinage was issued in limited quantities and circulated primarily among the merchant elite and court, never reaching ordinary commerce in meaningful volume.

Fr#29a distinguishes this from the slightly earlier Fr#29 striking, a difference documented in die alignment and edge treatment rather than design.