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50 Afghanis Sydney Olympiad
| Issuer | Da Afghanistan Bank |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Currency | First afghani (1925-2003) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | XXVII OLYMPIAD SYDNEY 2000 1999 |
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Afghanistan in 1999 was under Taliban control, which made the issuance of Olympic commemorative coinage a peculiar bureaucratic artifact — the Taliban had banned televised sport and most public athletics entirely. These pieces were almost certainly produced for the international collector market rather than domestic circulation, a common practice among issuing authorities that retained nominal coinage rights while exercising little real monetary function.