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500 Afghanis 1998 World Cup
| Issuer | Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | At center, the national coat of arms of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, featuring a mosque flanked by two Afghan flags, surrounded by a wreath of wheat ears, with a ribbon and crossed swords at the base. Arabic inscriptions appear within and around the arms. The legend 'ISLAMIC STATE OF AFGHANISTAN' curves along the upper periphery in Latin characters. The denomination '500 AFGHANIS' is inscribed in two lines in the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Arabic |
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Issued under the Taliban government, which had seized Kabul in 1996 and controlled the Afghan mint by the time this coin was produced. The irony is considerable: a regime that banned television, music, and most public recreation authorized a silver commemorative celebrating the world's most-watched sporting event. These were never intended for domestic circulation — they were struck explicitly for the international collector market, a common revenue strategy for cash-starved governments throughout the 1990s.