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2 Afghanis
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance |
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| Year | 1936 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | د افغانستان بانک ۲ افغانی 2 AFGHANIS |
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| Reverse lettering | تقاضای ملی افغانستان وعده تأدیه میلغ دو افغانی را به کابل سند نماید عندالطالبیده به |
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Afghanistan's Ministry of Finance issued currency directly rather than through a central bank during this period — the Bank of Afghanistan (Da Afghanistan Bank) wasn't established until 1939. That arrangement puts this note in a transitional administrative moment, with the state itself acting as the monetary authority.
Orell Füssli of Zurich, founded in the sixteenth century as a printer and publisher, had by the 1930s become a reliable supplier of security printing to smaller states with limited domestic infrastructure. Afghanistan used the firm for several denominations across this series. The watermark security feature was modest by European commercial standards of the time, but adequate for a country where banknote forgery capacity was minimal.