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500 Afghanis 1998 FIFA World Cup France
| Issuer | Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the national arms of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, featuring the state emblem with a mosque and mihrab flanked by two Afghan flags, supported by crossed sheaves of wheat and a rising sun at the base, all within a circular wreath. The legend ISLAMIC STATE OF AFGHANISTAN arcs around the upper periphery in raised Latin lettering. The denomination 500 AFGHANIS is inscribed in two lines below the arms in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolor enamel scene depicting two football players facing each other and shaking hands at center, one dressed in yellow and one in green, with a large black-and-white football rendered behind them in the central field. The flags of multiple nations, including the United States and France, are displayed in vivid color as a backdrop. The curved legend XVI WORLD CUP FRANCE 1998 arcs across the upper field in raised Latin lettering, with the year 1996 inscribed at the bottom of the field. |
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Afghanistan was in the grip of Taliban consolidation in 1996, with Kabul falling in September of that year. This coin was almost certainly produced under a licensing arrangement through a foreign mint or issuer acting on behalf of — or in spite of — whatever nominal government authority existed at the time. The Taliban administration that seized power held no particular interest in World Cup commemoratives, making the actual issuing authority here something of a legal fiction.