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500 Afghanis

Features

Issuer Afghanistan
Issuing bank Da Afghanistan Bank (د افغانستان بانک)
Ruling authority Democratic Republic (1978-1992)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Year 1358 (1979)
Calendar Iranian - Persian
Value 500 Afghanis (أفغاني) (500 AFA)
Currency First Afghani (1923-2003)
Composition Paper
Size 151 × 67 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
216857
References P# 59
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (5 volumes).
, TBB# 343as, 343b
Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).

Obverse

Bank arms with horseman at top centre, horsemen competing in Buzkashi at right.

Reverse

Fortress at Kabul.

Printer

Goznak (Гознак, Экспедиция заготовления государственных бумаг), Russian Federation (1818-date)

Comments

Bala Hissar ("High Fort") is an ancient fortress located in the south of the old city of Kabul, Afghanistan. The estimated date of construction is around the 5th century AD.

 

P59 Signatures: governor Ghulam Hussain Juwaini and minister of finance Abdul Wakil.

Date of issue: 23.03.1981.

Security Thread: Solid 0.5 mm.

UV: Value fluoresces blue.

Watermark: Khalq coat of arms at left (unissued 1978).

Watermark: None (later).

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC References Frequency
1358 (1979)  TBB# 343as
Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).
۱۳٥۸ Specimen 0.4%
1358 (1979)  $ 1.70 $ 1.70 $ 1.90 $ 4.00 TBB# 343b
Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).
Year: ۱۳٥۸ ; Watermark: none 100%

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