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500 Afghanis 1990 FIFA World Cup
| Issuer | Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN 500 AFGHANIS |
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| Reverse lettering | WORLD FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ITALY 1990 1989 |
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Afghanistan issued this piece in 1989 under the Soviet-backed Najibullah government, then calling itself the Republic of Afghanistan following a rebranding from "Democratic Republic" in an attempt to project moderation and attract international legitimacy. The country was in the final throes of Soviet withdrawal — the last troops crossed the Friendship Bridge in February 1989 — while simultaneously producing commemorative coinage for a FIFA tournament it had no realistic prospect of attending.
Afghanistan has never qualified for a World Cup. The coin's existence owes more to the foreign currency revenue these issues generated for cash-starved governments than to any footballing ambition.