Catalog
2 Rupees
| Issuer | State Bank of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1949-1953 |
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| Reference(s) | P#11 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a panoramic vignette of the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, with its characteristic minarets and central dome rendered in fine intaglio line work. The design is framed by a repetitive geometric border pattern in brown tones. The denomination in Urdu script appears at the bottom centre, with the numeral 2 at upper-left and upper-right corners. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Pakistan's first domestic currency series, issued after partition, leaned heavily on London-based security printers — Bradbury Wilkinson handled much of the early State Bank output before local printing capacity existed. These 2 Rupee notes circulated during a period when the Pakistani rupee was still pegged at par with the Indian rupee, a legacy arrangement that caused persistent cross-border arbitrage problems until India devalued in 1949 and Pakistan declined to follow, effectively ending the monetary union between the two countries.
The P#11 series is prone to horizontal fold weaknesses along the center crease, a known issue with the paper stock used across this early Bradbury Wilkinson run for Pakistan.