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500 Afghanis Charles Lindbergh
| Issuer | Da Afghanistan Bank |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#1029, Schön#138 |
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| Obverse lettering | ISLAMIC STATE OF AFGHANISTAN 500 AFGHANIS |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Afghanistan issued this coin in 1996 under the Da Afghanistan Bank while the country was in the opening months of Taliban consolidation — an odd moment to be minting commemoratives honoring a American aviation hero. The piece belongs to a wave of Afghan silver issues from the 1990s produced almost entirely for the collector export market, with no meaningful domestic circulation intended or achieved.
Lindbergh's 1927 transatlantic crossing had no particular connection to Afghanistan, which makes the subject selection purely commercial — licensed themes that would sell to Western collectors.