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500 Afghanis Giuseppe Verdi
| Issuer | Da Afghanistan Bank |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Value | 500 Afghanis (أفغاني) (500 AFA) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | GIUSEPPE VERDI 1813 1901 2001 |
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Afghanistan in 2001 was months away from the collapse of the Taliban regime, yet Da Afghanistan Bank was simultaneously issuing silver commemoratives honoring Italian opera composers — a surreal artifact of the parallel economy of international coin programs, where a licensed foreign mint produces issues with no meaningful domestic circulation. This coin was almost certainly struck under contract, likely in a European facility, with Afghanistan's name providing the issuing authority while the subject matter had no connection to the country whatsoever.
Verdi died in Milan in January 1901, making 2001 the centenary of his death — the actual occasion for the issue.