Swiss Franc to Afghan afghani

The Swiss franc (international symbol: CHF, code: 756) is the official currency in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, the Italian commune of Campione de Italy. Nowadays it is the only currency in Europe to have retained the name" franc ". It is subdivided into 100 coins, which are called in different languages: rappen (germ.

), centime (French), centesimo (it.) and rap (retro-Romanesque). Traditionally, the Swiss currency remains one of the most stable in the world pertaining low inflation rate over decades.

Afghani (sign ؋, code AFN) is the currency of Afghanistan which is not used for payment in other countries. One afghani equals 100 pul coins. Afghani has been issued since 1926.

Originally, coins made only out of silver were used on the territory of the Islamic state. First notes were printed in 1935. The Afghan rupee had been used hand in hand with afghani until 1978. Up until 2002, there had been different types of afghani used in the country and issued by different military and political organizations: “davlati” and “dostumi”, but the new leader, Hamid Karzai, reformed the currency leaving only one type. Banknotes had architectural monuments, key industries and infrastructure depicted on them.