If a country is unstable, strife is constant, and the political situation changes frequently, then the coins of this country will be most intuitively reflected, because every time you change one, you have to change the name of a country accordingly, issue a new set of coins, change people in less than two years, and have to do it again.
Let's start with the picture.
In 1919, Afghanistan gained independence from British colonial rule, and August 19 was Independence Day, when Afghanistan was a kingdom, and from 1933 to 1973 was the reign of King Zahir.
King Nadir (left) with his son King Zahir (right)
Zahir founded the National Bank of Afghanistan, issued coins, and the Afghan economy developed considerably (the first in the first line).
Afghanistan in the early seventies
In 1973, the Soviet Union staged a coup d'état in Afghanistan, pro-Soviet pro-Soviet proxies and established the "Republic of Afghanistan", during which new coins (the first line and the second coin) were issued.
In 1978, the Soviet Union staged a third coup d'état, overthrowing people it had previously supported but were not very obedient, changing its name to the "Democratic Republic of Afghanistan" and issuing new coins (the third in the first row).
Soviet soldiers patrolled the streets of Kabul
In 1979, the three agents remotely supported by the Soviet Union were not very obedient, and the Soviet Union had to take matters into its own hands, invaded Afghanistan, and issued coins from the Soviet occupation period after 1980 (the fourth in the first row).
Commemorative coins issued by the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation
In 1987, the name of Afghanistan was restored to the "Republic of Afghanistan", but only a few coins with the "Republic of Afghanistan" emblem on the obverse were issued (the first in the second row).
Issued by the Republic of Afghanistan, the United States World Cup commemorative coin
In 1989, after many years of soviet military mire in Afghanistan, it finally could not bear it, and when the War in Afghanistan was not over, the withdrawal from Afghanistan was actually a defeat. After that, Afghanistan entered a phase of warlord melee.
The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan marked the defeat of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
In 1992, Afghan guerrilla forces entered Kabul to overthrow the Najibullah regime, which had been propped up by the soviet invasion, and established the "Islamic State of Afghanistan", but due to years of war, Afghanistan did not spare any effort to make new coin molds, and the coin style of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation era was used until 1995, after which a new coin was issued (the second in the second row).
Commemorative coins of the Islamic State of Afghanistan
In 1997, the Taliban actually ruled Afghanistan, but did not issue coins.
In 2001, after the 9/11 incident, the United States entered Afghanistan with NATO forces and drove the Taliban back to the mountains on the pretext of attacking bin Laden, and in December, Afghanistan established an interim government, and after the transition period, it was renamed the "Islamic Republic of Afghanistan" in 2004 and issued new coins (the third in the second row).
Circulating coins issued by the United States-sponsored Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
In 2021, after the United States was also mired in the quagmire, it announced its withdrawal from Afghanistan on April 14, but after the withdrawal of the Soviet Union that year, its supported government collapsed three years later, while the United States only took 4 months this time, on August 15, the Taliban entered Kabul, and the president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan handed over power and left by plane.
The Taliban enter Kabul
On August 19, the Taliban announced the formation of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," after which the Afghan people became familiar with the new coin.