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50 Afghanis
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance |
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| Year | 1936 |
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| Value | 50 Afghanis (أفغاني) (50 AFA) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed entirely in dark blue intaglio on a plain light ground, centred on a large circular guilloche rosette with a radiating star motif at its core, enclosed within successive bands of fine lathe-work and foliate scrollwork. The denomination "50" appears in large numerals at upper left and lower right, with mirror numerals, and a small ornate security panel in blue and yellow occupies the upper right corner. Two lines of Farsi inscription are set within the central medallion. |
| Reverse lettering | دا افغانستان د افغانی پنجاه به پنجوس افغانی |
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Afghanistan's Ministry of Finance issued this note directly rather than through a central bank — Da Afghanistan Bank wasn't established until 1939, so the Ministry handled paper currency issuance throughout the 1930s. Orell Füssli, the Zurich security printer with an unbroken history stretching back to the sixteenth century, produced the series at a time when Afghanistan was actively modernizing its financial infrastructure under Nadir Shah's successors.
Pick 19 is among the scarcer Ministry-era issues. The 1936 emission predates the institutional overhaul by only three years, and surviving examples suggest limited print runs rather than heavy circulation redemption.