Currency Today : Pakistan 04

The series of Pakistani banknotes contintue with 50 rupees.
As in all Pakistani notes, 

50 rupees-note of Pakistan

some of the notes 2013-2017

On the 2012, 13 and 14-notes we see signature 1 in the above picture,
on the 2015, 16 and 17-notes we see signature 2 in the above picture
In the newest note of 2018, another signature appears :

new signature from 2018 on

At the back side, we see K2 peak in Karakorum Mountains, between Pakistan and China.

50 rupees - reverse side

For a long time, this mountain had no real name, as it was out of sight for the local habitants of the region. When Colonel Thomas George Montgomerie measured the area in 1856, he numbered the mountains as he discovered them.

The K stands for Karakoram area, the 2 for the second mountain he discovered/measured.

Montgomerie’s , numbering K1, K2, … was later on replaced by real names:

K1 : Masherbrum

K2 : remained K2

K3 : Broad Peak

K4 : Gasherbrum II

K5 : Gasherbrum I

For those who need good questions for a quiz event, K2 is known as : Mount Godwin-Austen, Lamba Pahar (Long Mountain in Urdu), Qogir  Feng or even Chogori Dapsang.

In Balti language, the mountain is named ‘Ketu’, which is the local way to say K2.

The fact that K2 is also the second hightest mountain in the world, is rather a coincidence.
K2 is considered as the most difficult mountain to conquer, and has a death rate of 25%.

K2 - mountain

Currency Today : Pakistan 03

The second note in the Pakistani banknotes (the 5 note not counted) is a 20 rupees-note.
It represents 12 euro cents or 14 dollar cents...

This note was introduced in 2005 and reissued in 2007.

20 rupees - 2 versions

different dates on 20 rupees

Above the first issue. It can be dated 2005, 2006 or 2007.
The note below is dated 2007 to now. There re therefore 2 issues in 2007.

In uncirculated condition, the notes of the first issue are the better ones.
From the new issue, only the first 3 years are better priced than the later ones.

Looking at the signatures, I found the following:

Signature 15 - on 2005 and 2006 notes

Signature 16 - on 2009 and 2010 notes

Signature 17 (?) - on 2010 notes

Although the note was issued in 2010, the 2018 Krause catalogue (Pick-numbering), does not mention this signature. Therefore, I wrote a question mark.
Following signatures aren't mentionned in the catalogue either, but that's because they are too recent.

Signature 18 (?) - on 2017 notes (here on a 100 rupees - note)

Signature 19 (?) - on 2017 and 2018 notes

On the back side of the banknote, the archaeological site of Mohenjo-Daro, in the province of Sindh in Pakistan. This site was one of the first and largest cities in the world and was built around 2500BC.
It was destroyed and rebuilt for many times, and then abandonned around 1800BC.
In 1920 it was rediscovered. Now it is on the Unesco World Heritage list, but due to improper restoration and erosion it is currently severely threatened.

Mohenjo-Daro on the back of 20 rupees

Mohenjo-Daro archaeological site

to be continued ...

Currency Today : Pakistan 02

In my previous post, I introduced a 5 rupee - note, which is part of the current series, but not in use anymore.
Converted, 5 rupees represent 3.1 euro cent or 3.5 dollar cent...

The first note is use is a 10 Rupee-note.
The notes were issued in 2006 and reissued every year till now.
For UNC notes, 2006, 2007 and 2008 are rated a bit higher than the later issues.

10 Rupees - 2018

3 different signatures

I posted the signatures in my previous post already.
Here we can see siganture 15 (1 - 2008), signature 16 (2 - 2009) and a new signature (3 - 2018).

signature 18 (Pakistan)

different dates on 10 rupees

At the reverse side of the note, we see a picture of a gate.

reverse side of 10 rupees

It is a gate in Peshawar region, known as the Khyber-gate. It is know as the entrance gate on Jamrud Road. The road itself is a mountain road which lead to the border with Afghanistan.

Khyber-gate in Pakistan

to be continued ...

Currency Today : Pakistan 01

There are few countries that keep their banknote designs for so long as Pakistan.
For over 10 years, the look of the Pakistani notes haven't changed much.
Nevertheless there are some differences to find, if you like to extend your collection.

At first I like to start with a note that is NOT in circulation anymore.
But since it's in the style of the rest of the notes, I like to add it to this post.

The only changess to most notes is the date of issue (1) and the signature (2).

On the obverse side, all notes have the image of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, (25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948).
He was a lawyer, politician and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until Pakistan's independence on 14 August 1947, and then as Pakistan's first Governor-General until his death. He is known in Pakistan as Quaid-i-Azam ("Great Leader") and Baba-i-Qaum, "Father of the Nation"). His birthday is considered a national holiday in Pakistan.

The dates on the notes of this series start in 2006 until now.
Almost every year, a note was issued (except for the 5 Rupees, that only was issued in 2008, 2009 and 2010).

Some of the signatures that appear on the notes :

signatures 11 to 16

For the 5 rupees - note above, signature 15 is used.

Signature 15 on 5 rupees of Pakistan

The 2009/10-notes have signature 16.
The reverse side of the note shows the Gwadar Sea Port.

detail of reverse side of the 5 rupee note

Gwadar Sea Port

Gwadar is a port city on the southwestern coast of Balochistan, Pakistan. The city is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea opposite to Oman.

to be continued ...