The Afghan rupee was the currency of

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between 1891 and 1923.

Local rupees

The rupee was put into circulation by Afghan Emperor Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1754. The rupee itself was first issued by Sher Shah Suri during his rule of Sur Empire in the sixteenth century;

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and

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still use their variant of the rupee since their independence from 1947. Before 1891, silver rupees circulated with copper fulus or falus, and gold ''mohur''. The three metals had no fixed

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between them, with different regions issuing their own coins.

Afghan rupee

In 1891, a new currency was introduced, based on the ''Kabuli rupee'' and replacing both that and its ''Kandahari'' variant. The rupee was subdivided into 60 paisas, each of 10 ''

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''. Other denominations issued included the shahi ( rupee or 5 paisas), the sanar ( rupee or 10 paisas), the abbasi ( rupee or 20 paisas), the kran or qiran ( rupee or 30 paisas), the tilla and later the amani (both of 10 rupees), and the habibi (30 rupees). The Afghan rupee was replaced in 1923 by the Afghani.

Banknotes

In 1919 following Amanullah Khan's accession to the throne, Treasury notes were introduced for the first time in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50 and 100 rupees. Text on the note was written in Persian only.

Coins

File:AFG 1 rupia.jpg, 1 rupee coin File:Amani.jpg, 2 amani gold coin (1920)

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