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20 Afghanis
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance |
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| Year | 1936 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | خزانه دولتی افغانستان به موجب فرمان مبارک علیه بیست افغانی |
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| Protection description | Floral rosette watermark visible in the paper |
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Afghanistan's Ministry of Finance issued this note directly, bypassing the Da Afghanistan Bank — which wouldn't be established until 1939. That institutional gap meant the Finance Ministry was printing currency on its own authority through the late 1930s, an arrangement that left Afghanistan's paper money supply with limited central oversight during a period of significant political instability under Zahir Shah's early reign.
Orell Füssli's involvement is characteristic of the period — the Zurich firm handled sovereign printing contracts across Asia and the Middle East when European prestige and technical quality were prerequisites for public acceptance of paper money.