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10 Rupees Amended Plates Provisional Issue
| Issuer | Government of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Size | 157 x 90 mm |
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| Obverse description | Provisional issue overprinted on a Reserve Bank of India 10 Rupees note, with the central vignette of a dhow under sail on open waters, framed by guilloche borders. The heading 'RESERVE BANK OF INDIA' appears at the top centre, with denomination numerals '10' at upper left and right corners; the lower margin reads 'RUPEES TEN' at left and 'TEN RUPEES' at right. An oval underprint vignette with an elephant seal appears at bottom centre, the left panel carries multilingual value inscriptions in several Indian scripts, and a blank oval panel at right bears the Arabic overprint 'Hakumat-i-Pakistan' (Government of Pakistan) in lieu of the original signature. |
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| Obverse lettering | RESERVE BANK OF INDIA RUPEES TEN TEN RUPEES حکومت پاکستان |
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Pakistan's first currency notes were not newly designed — they were Reserve Bank of India notes overprinted with "Government of Pakistan" in English and Urdu, issued at Partition in August 1947 while the new state had no printing infrastructure of its own. This amended-plates issue followed shortly after, using modified RBI plate designs retooled for Pakistani use rather than a simple overprint. The arrangement was a practical concession to the chaos of Partition; Pakistan's State Bank did not formally open until July 1948.
The printer attribution to SPMCI reflects current catalog convention — the work was done by the Nasik Security Press under its earlier administrative identity.