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1 Rupee - George VI
| Issuer | Government of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Size | 101 × 64 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is an overprinted Government of India 1 Rupee note, with 'GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN' in English and Urdu (حکومت پاکستان) overprinted in black at the left, applied over the original guilloche underprint ground. At upper centre, the legend 'GOVERNMENT OF INDIA / ONE RUPEE' appears in letterpress, with a large numeral '1' vignette below centre, while at right a circular vignette carries the portrait of Emperor George VI in profile, surrounded by the legend 'KING EMPEROR'. A manuscript signature for the Finance Secretary appears below the portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF INDIA GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN ONE RUPEE 1 FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA FINANCE SECRETARY حکومت پاکستان |
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Pakistan's first banknote issue came not from a Pakistani printer but from the Security Printing Corporation of India in Nasik — a consequence of Partition's chaos, in which newly independent Pakistan had no printing facilities of its own and was forced to negotiate use of the subcontinent's only established security press. The arrangement was politically awkward from the start.
These notes were essentially the British India 1 Rupee with overprints and modified text asserting Pakistani authority. The George VI designation places this firmly in the pre-republic period, before Pakistan became a republic in 1956.