Catalog
100 Rupees
| Issuer | State Bank of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1950-1971 |
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| Size | 165 × 92 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette is a portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder and first Governor-General of Pakistan, rendered in intaglio. Denomination is expressed in Bengali script at the left and in Urdu script at the right, with additional inscriptions running along the borders. The face carries an overall guilloche underprint with fine geometric lathe-work framing the central portrait. |
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| Reverse lettering | State Bank of Pakistan One Hundred Rupees |
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Pakistan's first domestic security printer, the PSPC facility in Karachi, came online during this note's lifespan — which is why P#18 exists in both De La Rue-printed and PSPC-printed varieties. The two are distinguishable by subtle differences in impression quality and serial number typography, and the PSPC issues generally post-date the mid-1960s as Pakistan worked to reduce dependence on foreign printing contracts.
The series ran until the 1971 political crisis that split East Pakistan away as Bangladesh, after which a complete currency reissue followed. Notes bearing Dhaka as an overprint or branch designation carry additional collector interest for that reason.