AFGHANISTAN. Emirate. Amanullah, 1919–1929. Bronze 2 Pul. Kabul, SH1304 (1925). KM-905.

This bronze 2 Pul was struck at the Kabul Mint in SH1304 (1925 AD), during the reign of Amanullah Khan — one of the most transformative and visionary rulers in Afghan history. Amanullah came to power in 1919 following the assassination of his father Habibullah Khan, and within months launched the Third Anglo-Afghan War, securing full Afghan independence from British influence through the Treaty of Rawalpindi in August 1919. The SH1304 date places this coin in one of the most consequential years of his reign — 1925 was the year Amanullah introduced the Afghani as Afghanistan's new decimal currency, replacing the rupee system that had been in use since the Durrani period and marking a decisive step in his broader program of national modernization and economic reform.

The 2 Pul was the smallest denomination in the new Afghani system introduced in 1925, representing 1/50th of an Afghani in everyday Afghan commerce. Catalogued as KM-905, this type was struck in bronze to a standard weight of 2 grams at 18mm diameter and was produced during SH1304–1305 (1925–1926). As a base metal denomination struck for active circulation, surviving examples in collectible condition are appreciably scarcer than their higher-value counterparts from the same period.

The SH1304 date is the first year of issue for this type, making it an inaugural issue of the new Afghani monetary system — a small but historically resonant artifact of the moment Afghanistan modernized its currency under one of its most ambitious reformers.