Catalog
10 Rupees
| Issuer | Government of Pakistan |
|---|---|
| Year | 1948-1951 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | P#6 |
| Obverse description | Printed in red on white paper, the obverse carries Urdu text at top centre reading the issuer name and denomination, flanked by two ornate guilloche rosette vignettes enclosing the numeral '10' in Urdu script. To the right, a large crescent and star vignette is set within a scalloped border. A facsimile signature appears at lower left, with serial numbers in the upper corners. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Pakistan's first banknote series was issued under the Government of Pakistan rather than a central bank — the State Bank of Pakistan didn't open until July 1948, and even then the government retained direct note-issuing authority for these early denominations. The notes were effectively a sovereign declaration printed in London before the new state had fully assembled its own financial institutions.
Thomas De La Rue supplied the entire inaugural series, a practical choice given the urgency of partition — Pakistan needed circulating currency within weeks of independence in August 1947.