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5 Afghanis
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance |
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| Year | 1936 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | دولتنامی افغانستان خزانه ملی افغانستان وعده ثادیه بلغ پنج افغانی را بحال سند هزا عندالمطالبیده هر |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Afghanistan's Ministry of Finance issued this note directly rather than through a central bank — Da Afghanistan Bank wouldn't be established until 1939. The 1936 series, of which this is part, was printed by Orell Füssli in Zurich, a firm with deep roots in Swiss security printing going back to the sixteenth century and responsible for a significant share of Afghan paper currency production during this period.
The low denomination suggests heavy everyday use, and survivors in anything above circulated grades are genuinely uncommon.