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1 Rupee
| Issuer | Government of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1951 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee (1 PKR) |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio print on a light underprint. The centre field, framed by an ornate arch-shaped guilloche border, carries the crescent and star symbol of Pakistan to the right, with Urdu inscriptions giving the issuer name and denomination. A serial number appears in the upper centre, and a facsimile signature is printed below the denomination text. |
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| Protection description | Crescent and star watermark |
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Pakistan's 1 Rupee notes of this period were a direct continuation of the undivided British India format — the Government of Pakistan initially had no choice but to issue currency that closely followed Reserve Bank of India conventions, since the new state had almost no printing infrastructure of its own at Partition. This note belongs to the early years when fiscal independence was more declaration than reality.
Abdul Qadir served as the first Pakistani-appointed Finance Secretary, and his signature on these notes replaced the colonial-era British signatory. A small but deliberate assertion of administrative authority in a denomination used daily by ordinary people.