

PAKISTAN BANK NOTE SERIES
For reasons described below, this series was Notes that included common elements of design.

It appears that the new 1-rupee note issued in 1974 was the first of a planned series of Of presenting both Urdu and Bengali text on the bank notes.) Prepared, but it may have been prepared as part of the continuing program, prior to the civil war, (It is of interest that the Pakistan State Security Printing Corporation holds a printingĬylinder of an unissued 1-rupee note with Bengali text on it. Pavilion in the Lahore Fort on its back – an image belonging to West Pakistan. Also, the 1-rupee note had always carried an illustration of the Naulakha This particular denomination had never carriedĪny Bengali text and the only Bengali character appearing on the notes had been the Bengali Symbols of East Pakistan from the 1-rupee notes. The issue of this note initially appears slightly odd, as there was no need to remove The first note in the new generation of notes was a 1-rupee note, introduced around June

Having just introduced a new series of bank notes, even though it was anĮmergency issue, there was no urgency to introduce a new series, but plans were put in place to Of tea gardens and jute-laden boats were no longer appropriate for bank notes circulating in the There was now no need for Bengali text to appear on the notes and the images The secession of East Pakistan called for changes to the bank notes issued by the Stateīank of Pakistan. However, this issue was a temporary issue, designed to allow the Introduced in 1972, these notes were, with the exception of the 100-rupee note, colour changes New nation of Bangladesh, the State Bank of Pakistan issued a new series of bank notes. Time and patience are the keys, but not theįollowing the civil war in 1971, which resulted in the secession of East Pakistan as the It is almost impossible to acquire a complete set. There are very few very expensive notes in these series and yet ToĬomplete these series, one must not only consider plate changes, one must also consider signature However, the later series contain a wealth of varieties, if not a wealth of types,Īnd these series can prove challenging to complete, particularly in higher grades of condition. Similarly, the videos will be a major tool for enhancing public awareness.Collectors considering the acquisition of Pakistani bank notes issued after 1972 might beįorgiven for considering these series as quite simple, when compared to the complex issues that Ashraf Mahmood Wathra, while launching the videos and Smartphone application said that the Smartphone application will enable millions of Smartphone users in the country to have complete knowledge about security features of currency notes on their mobile phones. This is one of the initiate that SBP has taken to check counterfeiting and maintaining the integrity of our currency notes.
PAKISTAN BANK NOTE ANDROID
The Smartphone application, downloadable from both Apple and Android platforms, gives information on security features of currency notes both in descriptive and pictorial forms. 100, 50, 20 & 10 and the fifth highlights the security features of all the currency notes in circulation. A total of 5 videos have been developed, one each for Rs. The Videos and Smartphone application are aimed at enhancing public awareness and understanding of the Pakistani currency notes' security features thus enabling the general public to easily differentiate between the genuine and fake notes. State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) as part of its campaign "Rupay ko Pehchano", has launched Videos and Smartphone application on security features of currency notes in a ceremony held on 22nd December 2015.
