Afghan afghani
افغانی افغانستان · In circulation in Afghanistan
- ISO code
- AFN
- Symbol
- ؋
- Minor unit
- 100
- Notes
- 6
- Coins
- 3
- Issued by
- Central Bank of Afghanistan
Notes and coins in circulation
- ؋10
- ؋20
- ؋50
- ؋100
- ؋500
- ؋1,000
The Afghan afghani’s largest current denomination is ؋1,000, worth about $15.45: the 51st least valuable top note among the 150 circulating currencies we have verified, where the median is $27.18.
Bars are scaled to face value on a log scale, not to physical size. Colours are the issuer’s own. Converted at mid-market reference rates; what a counter pays is always less.
| Notes | Colour | Size (mm) |
|---|---|---|
| ؋10 | yellow | 136 × 56 |
| ؋20 | brown | 140 × 58 |
| ؋50 | not recorded | not recorded |
| ؋100 | violet | 148 × 62 |
| ؋500 | blue | 152 × 64 |
| ؋1,000 | orange | 156 × 66 |
| Coins | Colour | Size (mm) |
|---|---|---|
| ؋1 | not recorded | not recorded |
| ؋2 | not recorded | not recorded |
| ؋5 | not recorded | not recorded |
What it is worth
| Currency | 1 AFN = | 1 unit = |
|---|---|---|
| USD | 0.0154 USD | 64.73 AFN |
| EUR | 0.0135 EUR | 74.26 AFN |
| GBP | 0.0116 GBP | 86.57 AFN |
| INR | 1.4810 INR | 0.68 AFN |
Mid-market reference rates, snapshot 22 September 2026: indicative only. What you actually receive is always less. Work out the real cost →
Where it is used
- Afghanistan
Tools
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Is a torn note still valid? →
How much must survive, and who pays out.
How big is a Afghan afghani note? →
Drawn to scale against a bank card, and against any other currency.
Sources: last verified 22 September 2026 secondary sourced
- ISO 4217 currency list (SIX Group, the ISO 4217 registrar) · retrieved 22 September 2026 primary
- Central Bank of Afghanistan · retrieved 22 September 2026 primary
- Afghan afghani (Wikipedia) · retrieved 22 September 2026 secondary
- Unicode CLDR: currency display names and symbols · retrieved 22 September 2026 primary