Afghan rupee

Afghan rupee

5 Afghan rupee banknote (1919)
Unit
Plural	rupees
Symbol	Re/Rs‎
Denominations
Superunit
30	habibi
10	tilla
Subunit
1⁄60	paisa, paise (pl.)
1⁄600	dinar
Banknotes	Re. 1/-, Rs. 5/-, Rs. 10/-, Rs. 50/-, Rs. 100/-
Demographics
Date of introduction	1891
Replaced	Kabuli rupee Kandahari rupee
Date of withdrawal	1923[1]
Replaced by	Afghan afghani
User(s)	Afghanistan
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.

The Afghan rupee was the currency of Afghanistan between the mid-18th century and early 20th century.^[2][1] It was subdivided into 60 paisa, each of 10 dinar. Other denominations issued included the shahi of 5 paisa, the sanar of 10 paisa, the abbasi of 20 paisa, the qiran of 1⁄2 rupee and the tilla and later the amani, both of Rs. 10/-.

Before 1891, silver rupees circulated with copper falus and gold mohur. The three metals had no fixed exchange rate between them, with different regions issuing their own coins. That year, a new currency was introduced, based on the Kabuli rupee and replacing both that and its Kandahari variant. The Afghan rupee was replaced in 1923 by the Afghani.^[1][3]

The Afghan rupee was put into circulation by Afghan Emperor Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1754.^[2] The rupee itself was first issued by Sher Shah Suri during his rule of Sur Empire in the sixteenth century; India still uses its own variant of the rupee (along with Pakistan - see Pakistani rupee - since its creation in 1947).