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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 lettering | ISLAMIC STATE OF AFGHANISTAN 500 AFGHANIS |
| Reverse description | Dynamic depiction of a football player in mid-stride executing a powerful shot toward goal, rendered in high relief against a mirrored field. A goalkeeper is visible in the background before the net. The year of issue 1996 appears to the left of the central design, while the legend FRANCE 1998 is prominently inscribed to the right in bold lettering. The inscription XVI WORLD CUP curves along the lower periphery in Latin script, and a football rests in the lower foreground. |
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Issued under the Taliban government, which seized Kabul in September 1996 — the same administration that banned television, music, and most public imagery. The quiet irony of a Taliban-era Afghan coin commemorating a French-hosted football tournament, a sport the regime actively suppressed at home, appears to have gone unaddressed by whoever authorized the contract with the foreign minting house.