1 Rupee Pattern 1966

Pakistan's transition away from the subcontinental rupee coinage inherited at Partition was a slow and politically charged process. This 1966 pattern represents part of the design evaluation preceding the decimalization of Pakistan's currency, which was finalized in 1961 — meaning this piece was struck some five years after the new system was already in place, suggesting ongoing experimentation with the one-rupee denomination's physical specification or design rather than a pre-reform trial.