Afghanistan issued this piece in 1995 under the Rabbani government, at a moment when Kabul was actively being shelled and the Taliban were advancing on the capital. The Olympics sponsorship was a revenue arrangement brokered through a foreign licensing intermediary — the Afghan state had no meaningful participation in the Atlanta Games and no functional mint infrastructure of its own. These were struck abroad and sold into the collector market.
Afghanistan issued this piece in 1995 under the Rabbani government, at a moment when Kabul was actively being shelled and the Taliban were advancing on the capital. The Olympics sponsorship was a revenue arrangement brokered through a foreign licensing intermediary — the Afghan state had no meaningful participation in the Atlanta Games and no functional mint infrastructure of its own. These were struck abroad and sold into the collector market.