Afghan pul facts for kids
| 50 Afghan pul coin (1980) | |
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| Front side: The Emblem of Afghanistan from 1980. The country's name is at the top. It says "دافغانستان دموکراتيک جمهورے دولت" (The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan) and "١٣٥٩" (the year 1359 in the Afghan calendar, which is 1980 A.D). | Back side: The coin's value is in the middle, surrounded by a star. It says "پنحوس" (Fifty Pul) and "پولى٥٠" (50). |
The Afghan pul (plural: puls) is a small unit of money in Afghanistan. Its name comes from the Pashto word پول (Pashto) and the Dari word پل (Persian). The pul is a smaller part of the Afghan afghani, which is the main money used in Afghanistan. One afghani is made up of 100 puls. The afghani has been the official currency of Afghanistan since the 1920s. However, all pul coins are no longer used as money. This means they cannot be used to buy things anymore.
History of the Pul
Before the 1920s, Afghanistan used a different type of money called the Afghan rupee. The rupee was divided into smaller units called paisa.
In 1923, the Afghan rupee was replaced by the afghani. The afghani became the new official money. When the afghani was first introduced, it was decided that one afghani would be divided into 100 puls.
The first pul coins were made of copper. A single pul coin weighed about one gram. Interestingly, a 10-pul coin weighed six grams. This shows how the coins were made at that time.
See also
- Postage stamps and postal history of Afghanistan
- Economy of Afghanistan
