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50 Afghanis World Food Summit
| Issuer | Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 50 Afghanis (أفغاني) (50 AFA) |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of the Islamic State of Afghanistan occupy the central field, depicting the Mosque of the Blessed Cloak within an archway flanked by two national flags, enclosed by a wreath of wheat ears and surmounted by Arabic religious inscriptions. A crescent and two crossed swords appear below the arms, with a ribbon bearing the Arabic legend of the state name. The Latin legend ISLAMIC STATE OF AFGHANISTAN arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 50 AFGHANIS is inscribed in the lower field beneath the arms. |
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| Obverse lettering | ISLAMIC STATE OF AFGHANISTAN 50 AFGHANIS |
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Issued to coincide with the World Food Summit held in Rome in November 1996, this piece was authorized by the Rabbani government — a administration that by that point controlled little more than Kabul, with the Taliban having seized roughly three-quarters of Afghan territory. The country was in the grip of civil war and facing acute famine, making the commemorative subject grimly ironic.
Afghan commemoratives of this period were produced almost entirely for export to collector markets, with no meaningful domestic circulation.