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3000 Rupees Astor Markhor
| Issuer | State Bank of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Value | 3000 Rupees |
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| Reverse description | A finely rendered Astor Markhor (Capra falconeri falconeri) is depicted in full profile standing to the right atop a rocky outcrop, its distinctive corkscrew horns prominently displayed and a long beard flowing from the chin. An Urdu inscription occupies the upper left field denoting the denomination in words. The numeral 3000 is struck in large characters at the lower right of the field, serving as the numeric denomination. |
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| Mintage | 1976 - - 902 1976 - Proof - 273 |
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Issued as part of Pakistan's WWF conservation series, the Astor Markhor coin was one of several gold and silver pieces struck to fund international wildlife preservation efforts — an unusual use of a national coinage program that reflected growing global pressure on developing nations to demonstrate environmental commitment. The markhor, a large wild goat native to the mountain ranges of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan, had seen dramatic population decline due to trophy hunting and habitat encroachment.
The series was produced in limited quantities by the Pakistan Security Printing Corporation. Fr#1 designation confirms this as the first gold type listed for Pakistan in Friedberg's gold coin reference.