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2 Rupees Amended Plates Provisional Issue
| Issuer | Government of Pakistan |
|---|---|
| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Reserve Bank of India I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of two rupees at any office of issue Government of Pakistan |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Pakistan's first banknotes were not newly designed — they were Reserve Bank of India notes with "Government of Pakistan" overprinted in a hurry following Partition in August 1947. The P#1A represents the next step: amended printing plates where the issuer text was incorporated directly, but the underlying design remained Indian in origin. This was a transitional fix, not a considered redesign.
The amended-plate approach was short-lived, superseded once Pakistan established its own State Bank in July 1948 and began commissioning purpose-built currency.