The afghani is the official currency of Afghanistan since the 1920s. It is nominally subdivided into 100 puls (پول), although there are no pul coins in circulation these days. Printed in Poland, the afghani currency is managed solely by the nation's central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB).
50 afghani note (obverse)
Closeup of an Afs. 500 note issued in 1990, featuring a picture of men playing Buzkashi
Image: 5 Afghani (1961)
Image: 5 Afghan afghani (1973)
ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual currencies and their minor units. This data is published in three tables:Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list
Table A.2 – Current funds codes
Table A.3 – List of codes for historic denominations of currencies & funds
An airline ticket showing the price with ISO 4217 code "EUR" (bottom left) and not with euro currency sign "€"
A list of exchange rates for various base currencies given by a money changer in Thailand, with the Thailand Baht as the counter (or quote) currency. Note the Korean currency code should be KRW.