Catalog
| Issuer | State Bank of Pakistan |
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| Year | 2006-2023 |
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| Printer | Pakistan Security Printing Corporation (PSPC), Pakistan |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) in traditional Sherwani national dress, positioned to the right of centre. The design incorporates guilloche underprint patterns across the face of the note, with bilingual inscriptions in Urdu and English. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Bab-e-Khyber (Khyber Pass Gateway), the iconic arched monument on Jamrud Road near Peshawar marking the entrance to the historic Khyber Pass. The State Bank of Pakistan seal appears alongside the vignette, with denomination inscriptions in both Urdu and English. |
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P#45 has run continuously since 2006, making it one of the longest uninterrupted issues in Pakistan's post-independence currency history. The Pakistan Security Printing Corporation — established in Karachi specifically to reduce dependence on foreign printers like Thomas De La Rue, which had handled earlier Pakistani notes — has produced the entire run domestically.
The series spans multiple date varieties across nearly two decades, and collectors tracking signature combinations will find a fair number of distinct pairings as State Bank governors changed. Watermark-only security is notably sparse for a note still in active production this late into the 21st century.