Afghan pul

Afghan pul (plural: puls); پول (Pashto); پل (Persian) is the 1⁄100 (one-hundredth) subdivision of the Afghan afghani which is the currency of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. All pul coins have been demonetized.

50 Afghan pul coin (1980)
Obverse: Emblem of Afghanistan (1980). Country name on top. Lettering "دافغانستان دموکراتيک جمهورے دولت" (The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan) and "١٣٥٩" (year 1359 in Iranian calendar, 1980 A.D) . Reverse: Denomination surrounded with star at periphery. Lettering "پنحوس" (Fifty Pul) and "پولى٥٠" (50)..
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History

Till 1925, the currency of Afghanistan was Afghan rupee which was subdivided into paisa. In 1925, the Afghan rupee was replaced by Afghan afghani as its official currency. One Afghan 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.[2]

See also

References
  1. "50 pul coin". numista.com. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. "Afghani Afgani". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 3 January 2021.


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