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2 Afghanis
| Issuer | Bank of Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1939 |
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| Currency | First afghani (1925-2003) |
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| Obverse lettering | د افغانستان بانک |
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| Reverse lettering | د افغانستان بانک |
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Bradbury Wilkinson engraved and printed this note during a period when Afghanistan was actively modernizing its central banking infrastructure — the Bank of Afghanistan had only been established in 1939, making this among the earliest notes issued under that institution. The choice of a London printer was deliberate policy: Amanullah Khan's reforms of the prior decade had created expectations of internationally credible currency production, and BW&Co had extensive experience printing for smaller sovereign issuers across Asia and the Middle East.
P#21 is the lower denomination of the 1939 series and saw heavy transactional use. Cotton-substrate notes of this value rarely survive in presentable condition.