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5 Afghanis
| Issuer | Bank of Afghanistan |
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| Year | 1939 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | د افغانستان بانک والزوکزن دی سند وهددا داکلود پنځو افغانیو پر وشتن د عوضیت ورکوی ۳۶ دلو ۱۳۱۸ ۵ ۵ AFGHANIS |
| Reverse description | At centre, an intaglio vignette presents a mountain river valley landscape with a waterfall and rocky cliffs receding into the distance. To the left, a large circular guilloche rosette bears the numeral '5' at its centre, while an unprinted oval medallion occupies the right portion of the note. The bank title in Dari script runs along the top, with a denomination inscription in Arabic script along the lower border. |
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Bradbury Wilkinson printed this note for Afghanistan at a moment when the country was actively modernizing its banking infrastructure under Mohammed Zahir Shah. The 1939 date places production on the eve of the Second World War — a period when BW's New Malden facility was about to pivot heavily toward wartime security printing, making Afghan commissions like this one a lower priority that was completed just in time.
Pick 22 is among the more frequently encountered notes from this pre-war Afghan series, but examples with clean folds are less common than catalog frequency suggests, likely due to the harsh handling conditions of rural Afghan circulation.