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Afghan afghani: research record

Evidence coverage: 1925–2003. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Currency continuity

Afghan afghani

AFN · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Current currency in the inherited endpoint register.
Dated observations: 1925–2003; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Afghan rupee — Kabuli account unitaccount unit replacement · 1925–1926
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Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Unit and issue records 1 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Afghani — endpoint research dossierFTM000764 · C591
Monetary history 2 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

7 October 2002: conversion startCurrency conversion start reported

The IMF reports that the afghani conversion began on 7 October 2002 and was completed on 2 January 2003.

C591
2 January 2003Currency conversion completion reported

The IMF reports that the afghani conversion began on 7 October 2002 and was completed on 2 January 2003.

C591
Evidence & research notes 2 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C591

The IMF reports that the afghani conversion began on 7 October 2002 and was completed on 2 January 2003.

International Monetary Fund · Afghanistan: selected issues — monetary and exchange rate policy, Country Report 03/299 Citation S324 · Open source ↗

Indexed paragraphs 168–169, printed p.99, corroborated by indexed eLibrary chapter

Source access and limitations

Read Box V.1 and original central-bank rules for distinct old-note types and their rates; a single generic 1,000:1 statement is not enough for every eligible instrument.

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Supported C1136

The afghani standards introduced in 1925–1926 replaced Kabuli-rupee reckoning. Later afghani rescalings remain within the modern currency profile.

Abdul Hai Habibi, Encyclopaedia Iranica · AFGHANI Citation S539 · Open source ↗

Currency-unit standards, 1925 book implemented in 1926; former Kabuli rupee; Indexed paragraphs 168–169, printed p.99, corroborated by indexed eLibrary chapter

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

International Monetary Fund · Afghanistan: selected issues — monetary and exchange rate policy, Country Report 03/299 Citation S324 · Open source ↗

Currency-unit standards, 1925 book implemented in 1926; former Kabuli rupee; Indexed paragraphs 168–169, printed p.99, corroborated by indexed eLibrary chapter

Source access and limitations

Read Box V.1 and original central-bank rules for distinct old-note types and their rates; a single generic 1,000:1 statement is not enough for every eligible instrument.

Substantive search-indexed passage inspected; direct full-document retrieval failed or returned blocking/error content.

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