Afghan afghani in Gambian Dalasi

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.

GMD Gambian Dalasi

Country of application:
Gambia

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 5, 10, 25, 50 bututs, 1 dalasi.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 200 dalasi.

History reference:
Dalasi is the currency of the Gambia. One dalasi is equal to 100 bututs. ISO 4217 code - GMD. Introduced in 1971, the GMD replaced the former Gambian pound currency. At that time, one pound was equal... to five dalasies. The currency is presented in the form of coins, also known as bututs, and minted by the Royal Mint. Bututs denomination - 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50