50 Afghanis

Features

Issuer	Afghanistan
Issuing bank	Da Afghanistan Bank (د افغانستان بانک)
Ruling authority	Transitional Islamic State (2002-2004) Islamic Republic (2004-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1381-1401 (2002-2022)
Calendar	Iranian - Persian
Value	50 Afghanis (أفغاني) 50 AFN = USD 0.69
Currency	Second Afghani (2003-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	144 × 60 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 202732
References	P# 69a-69f Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (5 volumes). , TBB# 361a-361d, 374a, etc. Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).

Obverse

At Right - Shah-do-Shamshira Mosque (the Mosque of the King of Two Swords) in Kabul, (Pashto: شاه دوشمشېره جومات‎), is a yellow two-story mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan (District 2) on Andarabi Road, just off the Kabul River and the Shah-Do Shamshira bridge in the center of the city. It was built during the reign of Amanullah Khan (1919-1929). It was modelled after the Ortaköy Mosque in Istanbul. The design of this mosque is quite unusual for Islamic religious architecture. Its Italian decorative stucco creates an interesting effect that some describe as ‘Afghan Baroque’.

Seal of The Afghanistan Bank above.

Reverse

The major mountain pass Salang Pass (3878m), which connect northern Afghanistan with northern Afghanistan and Kabul province

Printers

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)
Polish Security Printing Works (Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych S.A.), Warsaw, Poland (1919-date)

Comments

There are two variants of this note.
P#69a and b have only a building in the watermark.
P#69c, d, e and f have additional "cornerstones" in the watermark at the corners of the note and a modified guilloche at the bottom of the obverse.

Signature 2 (P#69b):

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Date	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1381 (2002)	$ 3.60	P# 69a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (5 volumes).	۱۳۸۱; Signatures: Anwar ul-Haq Ahady & Hedayat Amin Arsala	27%
1383 (2004)	$ 3.50	P# 69b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (5 volumes).	۱۳۸۳; Signatures: Anwar ul-Haq Ahady & Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (Sign 1)	12%
1383 (2004)		P# 69b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (5 volumes).	۱۳۸۳; Signatures: Noorullah Delawari & Anwar ul-Haq Ahady (Sign 2)	5%
1387 (2008)		P# 69c Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (5 volumes). , TBB# 361a Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).	۱۳۸۷; Signatures: Abdul Qadeer Fitrat & Omar Zakhilwal	6%
1389 (2010)	$ 3.40	P# 69d Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (5 volumes). , TBB# 361b Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).	۱۳۸۹ Cornerstones added to watermark.	14%
1391 (2012)	$ 2.10	P# 69e Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (5 volumes). , TBB# 361c Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).	۱۳۹۱; Signatures: Noorullah Delawari & Khan Afzal Hadawal	22%
1395 (2016)	$ 2.00	P# 69f Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (5 volumes). , TBB# 361d Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).	۱۳۹٥; Signatures: Khalilullah Sediq Khalil Sediq & Eklil Ahmad Hakimi	10%
1398 (2019)	$ 3.40	TBB# 374a Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).	۱۳۹۸; Signatures: Wahidullah Nosher & Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi	12%
1401 (2022)		TBB# 374b Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).	۱۴۰۱; Signatures: Haji Mohammad Idris & Hidayatullah Badri	3%

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