1340 (1961) Afghanistan 2 Afghanis!

So, if you pay attention to dates like me you'll notice that this is my third day in a row posting. Why? Because I'm trying to get as many old pictures off of my computer as possible so I can put new pictures on it! I'll have a trivia post tomorrow and then I'll put a post up on Wednesday like usual.

Back on track! This Afghan $2.00 coin would actually be kind of interesting if it were a different variety. It is KM#954.1 in Afghan coins which means it's the coin alignment variety and worth around $0.15. If it were KM#954.2, the medal alignment variety, evidence would suggest it was the first Republican issue struck in 1973. That would make it worth around $0.35 in this condition. Not like I'm heart-broken or anything, but it would be a cool coin to have.

1340 (1961) Afghanistan 1 Afghani!

Another example of an old non-silver dollar coin. The Afghani was divided into 100 Pul and even in the 1960's it was worth relatively little. This coin is nickel clad steel and quarter sized which means back in the day, if we had been issuing a dollar coin, our dollar would have crushed theirs. It features the denomination and wheat a its main designs along with the date and some other words. It's worth about $0.10 for the wear, the black stuff, and the corrosion of sorts under the 1 on the obverse.