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1000 Afghanis
| Issuer | Da Afghanistan Bank |
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| Year | 1358-1991 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour underprint with a central vignette of the Taq-e Zafar (Arch of Victory) in Paghman, near Kabul, a triumphal arch erected to commemorate Afghan independence following the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919. The denomination and bank name appear in both Western and Eastern scripts within the border design. |
| Reverse lettering | Da Afghanistan Bank 1000 AFGHANIS |
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The 1358 SH / 1979 CE date range marks the year of the Soviet invasion, and Da Afghanistan Bank continued issuing notes through a decade of occupation and into the civil war that followed withdrawal. By the time this series was still circulating in 1991, the afghani had lost most of its practical value to hyperinflation — the 1000-afghani denomination, once significant, had become a routine transaction note.
Multiple printing runs across this period introduced subtle variation in ink density and serial block formatting that specialists track but catalog listings rarely distinguish.