Pakistan Coinage
The rupee is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan. the central bank of the country. The most commonly used symbol for the rupee is Rs, used on receipts when purchasing goods and services. In Pakistan, the rupee is referred to as the "rupees", "rupaya" or "rupaye". As standard in Pakistani English.large values of rupees are counted in terms of thousands.Lakh (100 thousand, in digits 100,000) and crore (10 million, in digits 10,000,000).The origin of the word "rupee" is found in the Sanskrit word rūp or rūpā, which means "silver" in many indo-Aryan language. Rūpaya was used to denote the coin introduced by Sher Shah Suri during his reign from 1540 to 1545 CE.
The Pakistani rupee was put into circulation in Pakistan after the partition of British India in 1947. For the first few months of independence, Pakistan used Indian coins and notes with "Pakistan" stamped on them. New coins and banknotes were issued in 1948. Like the Indian rupee, it was originally divided into 16 annas each of 4 pice or 12 pie The currency was decimalised on 1 January 1961, with the rupee subdivided into 100 pice, renamed (in English) paisa (singular paisa) later the same year. However, coins denominated in paise have not been issued since 1994.
In 1948, coins were introduced in denominations of 1 pice, ½, 1 and 2 annas, ¼ , ½ and 1 rupee. 1 pie coins were added in 1951. In 1961, coins for 1, 5 and 10 pice were issued, followed later the same year by 1 paisa, 5 and 10 paise coins. In 1963, 10 and 25 paise coins were introduced, followed by 2 paise the next year. 1 rupee coins were reintroduced in 1979, followed by 2 rupees in 1998 and 5 rupees in 2002. 2 paise coins were last minted in 1976, with 1 paisa coins ceasing production in 1979. The 5, 10, 25 and 50 paise all ceased production in 1994. There are two variations of 2 rupee coins; most have clouds above the Badshahi Masjid but many don't have. This is noted by very few people. The one and two rupee coins were changed to aluminium in 2007
Coins of Pakistan can be viewed by clicking the below links, sorted yearly according to respective Governor-General and Presidential rule.
Governor-General
Presidents
Muhammad Ayub Khan Tareen ( Military ) ……27 Oct 1958---25 March 1969 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto …….. 20 Dec 1971---13 Aug 1973
Fazal Elahi Chaudhry ……. 14 Aug 1973---16 Sep 1978
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ( Military )……. 16 Sep 1978---17 Aug 1988
8th Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army from 01 Mar 1976 to 17 Aug 1988 belonging to Armoured Corps.The regime’s power structure was drastically altered after C-130 Hercules airplane with General Zia-ul-Haq and several other senior most generals onboard fatally exploded in mid-air after it took off from the city of Bahawalpur .
Ghulam Ishaq Khan ….. 17 Aug 1988---18 Jul 1993 Wasim Sajjad ( acting – 1 st time)……. 18 Jul 1993---14 Nov 1993
Sardar Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari……. 14 Nov 1993--- 02 Dec 1997
Waseem Sajjad ( acting- 2nd time )…02 Dec 1997---01 Jan 1998
Mohammad Rafiq Tarar…… 01 Jan 1998---20 Jun 2001
Pervez Musharraf (Malitary then non-party)…. 20 Jun 2001---18 Aug 2008
13th Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army from 06 Oct 1998 to 28 Nov 2007 belonging to Artillery Unit
Mohammad Mian Soomro ( acting )…. 18 Aug 2008---09 Sep 2008