The Banknotes of Pakistan
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Governemnt of Pakistan (1948-1964)
P8 |
1 Rupee
(1951) |
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| Blue front, dark purple back. Different serial number font than normal for Pakistan notes. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P9 |
1 Rupee
(1953-1963) |
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| Blue front and back. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P9A |
1 Rupee
(1964) |
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| Blue on front, purple on back. "Normal" serial number font. Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
P10b |
1 Rupee
(1973) |
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| Brown front and back. Signature = Abdul Rauf. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
State Bank of Pakistan (1949-1978)
P12 |
5 Rupees
(1951) |
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| Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
P13 |
10 Rupees
(1951) |
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| Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
P15 |
5 Rupees
(1966) |
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| Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
P16b |
10 Rupees
(1970) |
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| Urdu and Bengali signatures. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P16b |
10 Rupees
(1970) |
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| Urdu & Bengali signatures. Serial number variety. Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
P17a |
50 Rupees
(1964) |
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| Latin signature. Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
P18a |
100 Rupees
(1957) |
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| Without overprint. Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
P18a |
100 Rupees
(1957) |
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| Without overprint. Serial number variety. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book | |||
P19a |
500 Rupees
(1964) |
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| Dhaka overprint (in Bengali and Urdu). Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book | |||
P20a |
5 Rupees
(1972-1978) |
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| Serial number prefix = two letters. Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
P20b |
5 Rupees
(1972-1978) |
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| Fractional serial number prefix. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P21a |
10 Rupees
(1972-1975) |
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| Serial number uses sans-serif font. Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
P22 |
50 Rupees
(1972-1978) |
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| Single Urdu signature. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P23 |
100 Rupees
(1973-1978) |
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| Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
Government of Pakistan (1974-1983)
P24A |
1 Rupee
(1975-1981) |
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| Without four-language panel near signature. Signature 2. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P26b |
1 Rupee
(1982) |
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| Serial number at lower right. Urdu text type A on back. Signature 3. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P27f |
1 Rupee
(1983) |
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| Serial number at lower right. Urdu text type B on back. Signature 5. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P27h |
1 Rupee
(1983) |
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| Serial number at lower right. Urdu text type B on back. Signature 6. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P27j |
1 Rupee
(1983) |
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| Serial number at lower right. Urdu text type B on back. Signature 7. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
State Bank of Pakistan (1976-present)
P28 |
5 Rupees
(1976-1984) |
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| No Urdu text on back. Signature 2. Two-letter serial number prefix. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P28 |
5 Rupees
(1976-1984) |
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| No Urdu text on back. Signature 2. Fractional serial number prefix. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P28 |
5 Rupees
(1976-1984) |
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| No Urdu text on back. Signature 11. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License. | |||
P29 |
10 Rupees
(1976-1984) |
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| No Urdu text on back. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P30 |
50 Rupees
(1977-1984) |
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| No Urdu text on back. Signature 2. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License. | |||
P31 |
100 Rupees
(1976-1984) |
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| No Urdu text on back. Signature 11. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License. | |||
P36 |
100 Rupees
(1981-1982) |
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| Urdu text type A on back. Signature 2. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P37 |
2 Rupees
(1985-1999) |
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| Urdu text type B on back. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P38 |
5 Rupees
(1983-1984) |
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| Urdu text type B on back. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P38 |
5 Rupees
(1983-1984) |
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| Urdu text type B on back. Signature variety. Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
P39 |
10 Rupees
(1983-1984) |
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| Urdu text type B on back. Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
P39 |
10 Rupees
(1983-1984) |
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| Urdu text type B on back. Signature variety. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P40 |
50 Rupees
(1986) |
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| Urdu text type B on back. Signature 2. Two-letter serial number prefix. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P40 |
50 Rupees
(1986) |
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| Urdu text type B on back. Signature variety. Three-letter serial number prefix. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P40 |
50 Rupees
(1986) |
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| Urdu text type B on back. Signature variety. Three-letter serial number prefix. Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
P41 |
100 Rupees
(1986) |
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| Urdu text type B on back. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P41 |
100 Rupees
(1986) |
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| Urdu text type B on back. Signature variety. Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
P41 |
100 Rupees
(1986) |
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| Urdu text type B on back. Signature variety. Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License. | |||
P42 |
500 Rupees
(1986) |
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| Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
P43 |
1000 Rupees
(1988) |
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| Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
P44 |
5 Rupees
1997 |
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| Commemorative of the 50th year of independence. Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P45a |
10 Rupees
2006 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P46a |
20 Rupees
2005 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P48a |
100 Rupees
2006 |
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| Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
P49a |
500 Rupees
2006 |
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| Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License. | |||
P50a |
1000 Rupees
2006 |
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| Images courtesy Tod Hunt | |||
P51a |
5000 Rupees
2006 |
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| Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License. | |||
State Bank of Pakistan / Haj Pilgrim Issues (1950-1978)
PR6 |
10 Rupees
(1978) |
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| Overprint on Pakistan P34. "For Haj Pilgrims from Pakistan For use in Saudi Arabia only". Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
PR7 |
100 Rupees
(1978) |
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| Overprint on Pakistan P31. "For Haj Pilgrims from Pakistan For use in Saudi Arabia only". Images courtesy Ron Wise | |||
