The Afghan rupee was the currency of
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
until 1925. Before 1891, silver rupees circulated with copper ''falus'' and gold ''mohur''. The three metals had no fixed
exchange rate between them, with different regions issuing their own coins.
In 1891, a new currency was introduced, based on the Kabuli rupee. The
rupee was subdivided into 60 ''
paisa'', each of 10 ''
dinar''. Other denominations issued included the ''shahi'' of 5 paisa, the ''sanar'' of 10 paisa, the ''abbasi'' of 20 paisa, the ''qiran'' of rupee and the ''tilla'' and later the ''amani'', both of Rs. 10/-. The rupee was replaced in 1925 by the
Afghani, which is the currency today, but continued to be in circulation until 1978.
The
rupee itself was first issued by
Pashtun
Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...
monarch
Sher Shah Suri
Sher Shah Suri ( ps, شیرشاه سوری)
(1472, or 1486 – 22 May 1545), born Farīd Khān ( ps, فرید خان)
, was the founder of the Sur Empire in India, with its capital in Sasaram in modern-day Bihar. He standardized the silver coin ...
during his rule of northern India in the sixteenth century;
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
still uses its own variant of the rupee (along with
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
- ''see''
Pakistani rupee - since its creation in 1947), whereas Afghanistan does not.
Banknotes
In 1919, Treasury notes were introduced in denominations of Re. 1/-, Rs. 5/-, Rs. 10/-, Rs. 50/- and Rs. 100/-.
Coins
File:AFG 1 rupia.jpg, 1 rupee coin
File:Amani.jpg, 2 Amani gold coin (1920)
References
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External links
{{Rupee, state=collapsed
Modern obsolete currencies
Currencies of Afghanistan
1925 disestablishments
1891 establishments by country