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100 Rupees
| Issuer | State Bank of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1953-1957 |
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| Reference(s) | P#14 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries the face value and bank title in English set within an elaborate guilloche underprint of fine lathe-work in deep red and cream tones. The central field is dominated by interlocking rosette and wave guilloche patterns, flanked by two large ornamental cartouches. The denomination numeral "100" appears in the lower right cartouche, with the English legend of the State Bank of Pakistan rendered across the upper portion. |
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| Signature(s) | "Dacca" in Urdu at bottom center on front - Zahid Hussain "Dacca" in Urdu at bottom center on front - Abdul Qadir "Karachi" in Urdu at bottom center on front - Zahid Hussain "Karachi" in Urdu at bottom center on front - Abdul Qadir |
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Pakistan's early currency geography is embedded in this note's signature panel: the place-of-payment text printed at bottom center names either Dacca or Karachi, a practical concession to a country whose two wings were separated by over a thousand miles of foreign territory. The State Bank maintained payment offices in both cities, and notes were issued specifying which office bore liability — a banking distinction with obvious political undertones given the tensions that would eventually fracture the country in 1971.
Zahid Hussain served as the State Bank's first Governor; Abdul Qadir succeeded him in 1953, which helps bracket the signature combinations to specific windows within the 1953–1957 span. The Dacca-payment variants are considerably scarcer today.