Coins

These images are of twenty two hand-crafted coins from nineteenth-century Afghanistan. Front and back sides (A and B, respectively) are shown for each coin. Wherever possible the date of production, location of the mint, and the dynast who issued the currency will be provided. For coins that lack one or more identifying element/s a "--" will appear. The order of presentation is chronological. Machine mints arrived in Kabul in 1890 which put an end to the hand-minting of Durrani state coins.

  • 1. --, Herat, Timur Shah
  • 2. 1805-1806, Kabul, Shah Mahmud
  • 3. 1839-1840, Kabul, Shah Shuja
  • 4. 1848-1849, --, Dost Muhammad
  • 5. 1849-1850, Kabul, Dost Muhammad
  • 6. 1856-1857, Kabul, Dost Muhammad
  • 7. 1858-1859, Kabul, Dost Muhammad
  • 8. 1859-1860, Kabul, Dost Muhammad
  • 9. 1861-1862, Kabul, Dost Muhammad
  • 10. --, Kabul, Muhammad Afzal
  • 11. 1863-1864, Kabul, Sher Ali
  • 12. 1864-1865, Kabul, Sher Ali
  • 13. 1877, Kabul, Sher Ali
  • 14. 1872-1873, Kabul, Sher Ali
  • 15. 1873-1874, Kabul, Sher Ali
  • 16. 1879-1880, Kabul, Abd al-Rahman
  • 17. 1880-1881, Kabul, Abd al-Rahman
  • 18. 1882-1883, Kabul, Abd al-Rahman
  • 19. 1884-1885, Kabul, Abd al-Rahman
  • 20. 1887-1888, Kabul, Abd al-Rahman
  • 21. 1888-1889, Qandahar (?), Abd al-Rahman
  • 22. 1890-1891, Qandahar, Abd al-Rahman

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