Afghan afghani in Bangladeshi Taka

AFN Afghan afghani

Country of application:
Afghanistan

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 2 and 5 Afghani shillings.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 Afghani shillings.

History reference:
Afghani is the official currency of Afghanistan. The currency has a long history and was introduced in 1926. Then it looked like a coin made of 900 silver and contained 10 g of pure silver. At the ti...me of the appearance of the currency in the country, rupees were used, Indian, Kabul, Russian and Bukhara coins. Indian rupees were especially common. Afghanistans first own banknotes appeared only in 1935, when they were issued by the National Afghan Bank. In 1991, the banknotes of the period of the kingdom formally lost the force of legal tender, but in fact continued to be used in circulation. During the period of anarchy, warlords and other political movements used their own Afghanis. Until 2002, there were two types of Afghani in circulation: “pressure”, issued by the central government and “dostumi”, issued by order of General Dostum in the territory under his control. Outwardly, they did not differ, the difference is only at face value. The special currency of the Northern Alliance was also used. All banknotes since the April Revolution were printed in the USSR, then Russia.

BDT Bangladeshi Taka

Country of application:
Bangladesh

Coin denominations in circulation:
5 ৳

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
5, ৳ 10, ৳ 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000.

History reference:
Taka is the official national currency in Bangladesh. In accordance with the international standard, it has been assigned the code 4217 BDT. The currency of Bangladesh consists of one hundred pise, w...hich is the local bargaining chip. Since July 1948, the Pakistani rupee has been in circulation in East Pakistan. In 1971, the independence of Bangladesh was proclaimed, and on January 1, 1972, the Bank of Bangladesh began operations and a new monetary unit, the taka, was introduced.