Afghanistan Silver Coins - Not In Keeping With The Regime

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Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2882 Posts	Posted 02/11/2011 03:36 am Hi, As part of my collection of coins from Afghanistan I have these three silver crown sized ones. Usually I'm not a fan of modern commeratives but I was curious about these three. My question is this. At the time of minting the regime in place was quite strict in it's acceptance of the images of people. I seem to recall they santioned the destruction of a large statue of Budda. With that as a background, why would the official authority of the country at the time sanction the stricking of these coins - which also depict images of people. I can only assume they are not "official" official strikings of the time but only a semi - official striking. Obviously they are officially listed in Krause and not in the "Unusual world coins" one but still - I do wonder about their origins. Thanks. My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Edited by Bacchus2 02/11/2011 03:37 am Report this Post to the Staff

Angielczyk Valued Member Israel 423 Posts	Posted 02/11/2011 06:43 am I do not know about the first two but the World Food Summit coin was an officially issued coin in silver with a mintage of 2000. There was als a cupro-nickel 50 Afghani coin issued as part of the same set in 10.000 pieces. Both coins were produced at the Cuba mint Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 02/11/2011 07:14 am The first piece - 50th Anniversary of the United Nations - was minted by The Royal Mint (UK). And in my opinion they were not made for local use, not even for local collectors. They are not even bilingual but English only ... :) Christian Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2882 Posts	Posted 02/11/2011 07:29 am Thanks for the replies, Yes, I would strongly doubt if any onf these coins ever saw their "country of orign". I'm not sure I understand you's both correctly though. Are you saying that the "World Food Summit" and the "50th Anniversary of the United Nations" coins were authorised by agencies other than the country's government? I know that the government there was somewhat patchy at the time but still, Krause has them listed as official issues - so presumably for them to be listed as such somebody somewhere in power in that country would have to have given the go-ahead. I just can't see that particular government at that time doing that, hence the inconsistency. My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16836 Posts	Posted 02/11/2011 08:29 am Correct. These coins were struck for foreign consumption, in order to raise money from foreign collectors. I doubt any of the Taliban cultural police would have ever been aware that coins like these in their country's name were being made. All they'd have known and cared about was that infidel westerners were giving them money. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
willieboyd2 Pillar of the Community United States 525 Posts	Posted 02/11/2011 4:36 pm The Taliban were really short of money. They had these "coins" made to sell to collectors. They ran private hunting trips for rich hunters, the targets were endangered species. Supposedly the reason they destroyed the giant Buddha statues was because they believed there was gold in them. :) https://www.brianrxm.com The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin Coins in Movies Coins on Television Report this Post to the Staff
Nic Pillar of the Community Philippines 1156 Posts	Posted 02/12/2011 12:13 am The coins look great, and I was curious why its in english... the information they havent even been circulated in Afghanistan is dampening for an OFEC silver collector like me . Thanks for the info! Report this Post to the Staff
Angielczyk Valued Member Israel 423 Posts	Posted 02/12/2011 04:15 am Many countries have issued commemorative coins not intended for circulation including the United States, and although being Israeli I have no special love for the Taliban, there is no reason why they should not have done the same. Report this Post to the Staff
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