Finance:Afghan pul
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Short description: Currency subdivision
| 50 Afghan pul coin (1980) | |
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| Obverse: Emblem of Afghanistan (1980). Country name on top. Lettering "دافغانستان دموکراتيک جمهورے دولت" (The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan) and "١٣٥٩" (year 1359 in Afghan calendar, 1980 A.D) . | Reverse: Denomination surrounded with star at periphery. Lettering "پنحوس" (Fifty Pul) and "پولى٥٠" (50).. |
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Afghan pul (plural: puls); پول (Pashto); پل (Persian) is the 1⁄100 (one-hundredth) subdivision of the Afghan afghani, which is the official currency of Afghanistan since the 1920s.[2] All pul coins have been demonetized.
History
Until the 1920s, the currency of Afghanistan was the Afghan rupee, which was subdivided into paisa. In 1923, the rupee was replaced by afghani as its official currency.[2] One afghani is subdivided into 100 puls. At the time of introduction, a pul coin was made of copper and weighed one gram. However, a 10 pul coin weighed 6 grams.[3]
See also
- Postage stamps and postal history of Afghanistan
- Economy of Afghanistan
References
- ↑ "50 pul coin". numista.com. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces9751.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Remembering King Amanullah Khan's Economic Reforms". TOLOnews. August 19, 2023. https://tolonews.com/business-184710.
- ↑ Abdul Hai Habibi, ed (December 15, 1983). "Afghani Afgani". Encyclopædia Iranica. https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/afghani-afgani-the-unit-of-currency-in-modern-afghanistan.
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