Afghan rupee

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Afghan rupee
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5 Afghan rupee banknote (1919)
Unit
Pluralrupees
Symbol Re, Rs‎
Denominations
Superunit
 30habibi
 10tilla
 10amani
Subunit
 1⁄60paisa
 1⁄12shahi
 1⁄6sanar
 1⁄3abbasi
 1⁄2kran, qiran
Plural
 paisapaisas [1]
 shahishahis [2]
 sanarsanars [3]
 abbasiabbasis [4]
 kran, qirankrans, [5] qirans
BanknotesRe. 1/-, Rs. 5/-, Rs. 10/-, Rs. 50/-, Rs. 100/-
Demographics
Date of introduction1891
ReplacedKabuli rupee
Kandahari rupee
Date of withdrawal1923 [6]
Replaced by Afghan afghani
User(s)Flag of Afghanistan (1919-1921).svg  Afghanistan
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.

The Afghan rupee was the currency of Afghanistan between 1891 and 1923. [6]

Contents

Local rupees

The rupee was put into circulation by Afghan Emperor Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1754. [7] The rupee itself was first issued by Sher Shah Suri during his rule of Sur Empire in the sixteenth century; India and Pakistan still use their variant of the rupee since their independence from 1947.

Before 1891, silver rupees circulated with copper fulus or falus, [8] [9] and gold mohur. The three metals had no fixed exchange rate 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, [1] each of 10 dinar . Other denominations issued included the shahi [2] (1⁄12 rupee or 5 paisas), the sanar [3] (1⁄6 rupee or 10 paisas), the abbasi [4] (1⁄3 rupee or 20 paisas), the kran or qiran [5] (1⁄2 rupee or 30 paisas), the tilla [10] and later the amani [11] (both of 10 rupees), and the habibi (30 rupees).

The Afghan rupee was replaced in 1923 by the Afghani. [6] [12]

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. [13] [14]

Coins

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "paisas" . Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press.(Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  2. 1 2 "shahis" . Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press.(Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  3. 1 2 "sanar". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary . Merriam-Webster.
  4. 1 2 "abbasis" . Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press.(Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  5. 1 2 "krans" . Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press.(Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  6. 1 2 3 "Remembering King Amanullah Khan's Economic Reforms". TOLOnews. August 19, 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  7. ↑ "Silver Rupee of Ahmed Shah Durrani". Mintage World . January 4, 2018. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  8. ↑ "fulus" . Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press.(Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  9. ↑ "falus". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary . Merriam-Webster.
  10. ↑ "tilla". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary . Merriam-Webster.
  11. ↑ "amani". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary . Merriam-Webster.
  12. ↑ "بانکنوت های زمان امان الله خان" (in Persian).
  13. ↑ "- صرافی جعفری". 24 March 1399.
  14. ↑ "خبرگزاری فارس - فراز و فرود اسکناس‌های افغانستان در گذر زمان+ تصاویر". خبرگزاری فارس. 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
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