In 1947 Pakistan had no currency.
The first notes Pakistan printed itself, issued 1 October 1948, showed a crescent and star.
Five, ten and one hundred rupees.
Designed by Thomas De La Rue.
Prepared by The Company of Great Britain.
No watermark. No security thread.
Signed by Finance Minister Ghulam Muhammad.
Before that, the country used modified Indian notes marked Government of Pakistan.
The State Bank opened on 1 July 1948.
1st March 1949, 1 and 2 Rupee Notes were issued.
Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Company of Great Britain.
The 1 Rupee Note was issued on behalf of the Government of Pakistan.
The 2 Rupee Note was issued by the State Bank of Pakistan.
1956 Indian Government funded an organization that was forging Pakistani currency notes on a big scale.
To counter the counterfeit notes ; new notes were introduced in 1957.
A 100 rupee note with a portrait of Mr. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, watermark of Mr. Jinnah and a security thread on front and the illustration of the Badshahi Mosque on back of the Note were introduced.
Jinnah’s portrait entered the notes in 1957 and stayed.
After Seperation of East Pakistan Bangla scriped was dropped from the currency in 1972.
From 2005 onward a new series turned the currency into a tour of the land and The portrait of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah wearing a traditional Sherwani (national dress) was officially introduced into circulation on August 13.
Gwadar Sea Port on the 5.
Khyber Pass on the 10.
Mohenjo-daro on the 20.
K2 on the 50.
The Ziarat residency on the 100.
Badshahi Mosque on the 500.
Islamia College Peshawar on the 1000.
Faisal Mosque on the 5000.
The 5000 rupee note, issued 27 May 2006, is the highest denomination Pakistan has ever put into regular circulation.
Security grew with the series. Windowed threads. Colour-shifting ink. Watermarks of Jinnah. Microprinting.
Coins started with annas and pice in 1948, switched to paisas in 1961, and now circulate mainly as 1, 2, 5 and 10 rupee pieces.
Special coins marked the 1974 Islamic Summit, State Bank milestones and independence anniversaries.
From inscribed Indian paper to a full national series in seventy-Nine years.
Pakistan Zindabad.
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