Standard Coins (Pre-Decimal)

From 1947 to 1961 following conversion is used
3 Pies = 1 Pice
4 Pice = 1 Anna
16 Anna = 1 Rupee

One Pice (1948-1952)

1/2 Anna (1948-1952)

1 Anna (1948-1952)

2 Annas (1948-1951)

1/4 Rupee (1948-1951)

1/2 Rupee (1948-1951)

1 Rupee (1948-1951)

1 Anna (1950)

2 Annas (1950)

1/4 Rupee (1950)

1 Pie (1951-1957)

1/2 Anna (1953-1958)

1 Anna (1953-1958)

2 Annas (1953-1958)

1 Pice (1953-1959)

1 Pice (1961)

5 Pice (1961)

10 Pice (1961)

Last British India Coins

After independence for the first few months British Indian coins were used as a standard coins until the first coins were minted in 1948. Back then some of the following coins were in circulation.

1/12 Anna (1939-1942)

1/4 Anna (1939-1942)

1/2 Anna (1946-1947)

1 Anna (1945-1947)

2 Annas (1946-1947)

4 Annas (1919-1921)

8 Annas (1919-1920)

1/2 Pice (1939-1942)

1 Pice (1943-1947)

1/4 Rupee (1939-1945)

1/4 Rupee (1946-1947)

1/2 Rupee (1942-1945)

1/2 Rupee (1946-1947)

1 Rupee (1938-1946)

1 Rupee (1946-1947)

Signatures on Pakistan Bank Notes

 

 

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Special Issues

Due to the large number of pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the 1950s, the State Bank of Pakistan provided simple exchange facilities for Hajj pilgrims. The issue of special notes for the express use of the pilgrims was introduced. Although other means of exchange were considered, the high level of illiteracy amongst the pilgrims and the additional costs that would be incurred through the need to purchase such means prevented the government from these methods of exchange. The State Bank Order to allow the issue of these “Hajj notes” was made in May 1950. The use of Hajj notes continued until 1994.

Used 1960 -1969

Used 1970 - 1976

Used 1970 - 1976

Pakistan 9th Issue (Current circulating notes)

Twenty Rupees (Issued August 13, 2005)

Size - 63 x 123 mm, Colour - Brown
Printer - Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
Illustration - Portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Back illustration - Mohen-jo-Daro, Larkana

Ten Rupees (Issued May 27, 2006)

Size - 63 x 115 mm, Colour - Green
Printer - Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
Illustration - Portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Back illustration - The Khyber Pass at Peshawar

Five Thousand Rupees (Issued May 27, 2006)

Size - 63 x 163 mm, Colour - Red, Brown, and Yellow
Printer - Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
Illustration - Portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Back illustration — The Faisal Mosque, Islamabad

One Hundred Rupees (Issued November 10, 2006)

Size - 63 x 140 mm, Colour - Red, Pink, and Cream
Printer - Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
Illustration - Portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Back illustration - The Ziarat Residency in Baluchistan (where the Quaid-i-Azam, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, spent his final days)

Five Hundred Rupees (Issued November 10, 2006)

Size - 63 x 147 mm, Colour - Green, Blue, and Cream
Printer - Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
Illustration - Portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Back illustration - The Badshahi Mosque, Lahore

One Thousand Rupees (Issued February 26, 2007)

Size - 63 x 163 mm, Colour - Blue, Green and Pink
Printer - Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
Illustration - Portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Back illustration - The Islamia College, Peshawar

Twenty Rupees (Issued March 22, 2008)

Size - 63 x 123 mm, Colour - Orange, Green, and Yellow
Printer - Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
Illustration - Portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Back illustration - Mohen-jo-Daro, Larkana

Five Rupees (Issued July 08, 2008)

Size - 63 x 115 mm, Colour - Greenish Grey, Blue, and Red
Printer - Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
Illustration - Portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Back illustration - Gawadar Sea Port

Fifty Rupees (Issued July 8, 2008)

Size - 63 x 131 mm, Colour - Purple, Blue, and Yellow
Printer - Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
Illustration - Portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Back illustration - Karakoram Peak (K2)

Five Hundred Rupees (Issued January 25, 2010)

Size - 63 x 147 mm, Colour - Green, Blue, and Cream
Printer - Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
Illustration - Portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Back illustration - The Badshahi Mosque, Lahore

(Similar to previous issue, but now with crescent and star in a flag-like optically-variable device at the far right)