1/2 Rupee

Pakistan's first coinage series, issued immediately after Partition in 1947, was struck entirely at the Royal Mint in London and the Bombay Mint — the new state had no mint of its own. The half rupee continued the pre-Partition subcontinent weight and size conventions almost unchanged, a pragmatic necessity when the economy required immediate, trusted circulating currency and there was no time to establish independent minting infrastructure.

Bombay Mint production ceased after 1948 when India formally took control of the facility, leaving London as sole supplier for the remainder of the issue.