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SCWPM Denomination Image Signature Date Prefix Range Comments
Tenth Issue (2008)
NL   1000 Rupees   Sig. G16 2010 BH -  
NL   500 Rupees   Sig. G16 2010 F -  
NL   500 Rupees   Sig. G16 2009 A - Issued on 25 January 2010. Similar to previous issue, but now with crescent and star in a flag-like optically-variable device at the far right.
55   50 Rupees   Sig. G15 2008 A - This predominantly orange note was issued on 22 March 2008.
54   20 Rupees Image Sig. G15 2008 A - This predominantly orange note was issued on 22 March 2008.
53   10 Rupees   Sig. G15 2008 A -  
Ninth Issue
51 a 5000 Rupees Image Sig. G15 2006 A -
  b     Sig. G15 2007 A -
50 a 1000 Rupees Image Sig. G15 2006 A -
  b     Sig. G15 2007 P -
  c   Image Sig. G16 2009 AS -
49 a 500 Rupees Image Sig. G15 2006 A - AF
  b     Sig. G15 2007  
  c     Sig. G15 2008  
48 a 100 Rupees Image Sig. G15 2006 A -
  b     Sig. G15 2007 BG -
47 a 50 Rupees   Sig. G14 2007 A -
  b   Image Sig. G15 2008     - B
46 a 20 Rupees Image Sig. G14 2005 A - AB Brown note with a portrait of Mohammed Ali Jinnah. (Issued 13 Aug. 2005.)
   b     Sig. G15 2006 W - AB Serial number prefixes W to AB are used on notes signed by Ishrat Hussain and Shamshad Akhter.
45 a 10 Rupees Image Sig. G15 2006 A - T
  b     Sig. G15 2006 S - AW Notes from serial number prefix 'S' are printed on 'coated' paper.
        Sig. G15 2007 BS -
NL   5 Rupees Image Sig. G15 2008 A -
NL     Image Sig. G16 2009 CP -
Commemorative Issue
44   5 Rupees Image Sig. G13 COM Commemorative issue
Eighth Issue Urdu Line 'B' on back.
Note: The three letter serial numbers (introduced in this series) increment in the following manner:
The first serial number prefix in this series is always AAA. The third letter cycles from A-Z, whereupon the first letter changes from A to B. The third letter then repeats its cycle, after which the first letter changes from B to C, and so on. The second letter increments from A to B (and so on) when the first letter completes its cycle.
43   1000 Rupees Image Sig. G10 A - B Blue and multicoloured note.
        Sig. G11 C - L
        Sig. G13 M - BJ
        Sig. G14 BK - DL
        Sig. G15 EJ -
42   500 Rupees Image Sig. G9 A - F Green and multicoloured note.
        Sig. G10 G - U
        Sig. G11 V - Z First tenure.
        Sig. G12 AA
        Sig. G11 AB - AL Second tenure.
        Sig. G13 AM - CD
        Sig. G14 CE - EJ
        Sig. G15 EU - EY
41   100 Rupees Image Sig. G9 QD/1 - TJ/1 Red and orange note.
        Sig. G10 UR/1 - AB/2
AAA
        Sig. G11 AAE - BAA First tenure.
        Sig. G12 BAD
        Sig. G11 BAK - EAD Second tenure.
        Sig. G13 EAE - KAW
        Sig. G14 KAY - QAC
        Sig. G14 RAH - Without staple holes.
        Sig. G15 SAH -
40   50 Rupees Image Sig. G9 SX - EK/1 Burgundy and purple note.
        Sig. G10 FQ/1 - HJ/1
        Sig. G11 AAA - AAB First tenure.
        Sig. G12 AAJ - AAM
        Sig. G11 AAP - BAM Second tenure.
        Sig. G13 BAW - EAM
        Sig. G14 EAN - GAQ
        Sig. G14 HAF - Without staple holes.
        Sig. G15 HAN - HAU
39   10 Rupees Image Sig. G9 VA/1 - KR/2 Green note. Printed by lithographic and intaglio processes.
        Sig. G9 DY/2 Printed entirely by lithographic process. DR/2 and JH/2 have intaglio printings.
        Sig. G10 PN/2 - HU/3 Printed entirely by lithographic processes.
        Sig. G11 KD/3 - W/4 First tenure.
        Sig. G12 AX/4 - CH/4
        Sig. G11 EN/4 - GR/4
AAA - FAS
Second tenure.
        Sig. G13 GAJ - UAD
        Sig. G13 TAD Squashed watermark of Jinnah.
        Sig. G14 UAF -
        Sig. G14 HBZ - KBT Without staple holes.
        Sig. G15 KBS - Overlap in prefixes with the variety above.
38   5 Rupees Image Sig. G9 VD/1 - Q/4 Chocolate brown note.
        Sig. G10 AP/4 - CS/5
        Sig. G11 FB/5 - CB/6 First tenure.
        Sig. G12 CL/6 - GC/6
        Sig. G11 RZ/6 - XU/7 Second tenure.
        Sig. G13 DB/8 - XU/8
AAB - DAL
EAQ - NAY
Two different fonts have been reported for the serial numbers (second type).
        Sig. G14 PAR - CBB
37   2 Rupees Image Sig. G9 M - BN Light purple note.
        Sig. G10 BW - CT
        Sig. G11 EN - FR First tenure.
        Sig. G12 GT
        Sig. G11 HE - PJ Second tenure.
        Sig. G13 PW - ZR Prefix SZ has short numbers.
27 a 1 Rupee Image Sig. S13 Y/34 - AH/68 Brown and multicoloured note. Mausoleum on back.
Serial number at upper centre
  b   Image Sig. S13 AA/85 - AN/97 Serial number at lower right
  c     Sig. S14 AS/61 Serial number at upper centre
  d     Sig. S14 AU/9 - AV/22 Serial number at lower right
  e(1)     Sig. S15   Serial number at upper centre. (First tenure.)
  f(1)     Sig. S15 AV/45 Serial number at lower right. (First tenure.)
  g     Sig. S16 AW/29 Serial number at upper centre
  h     Sig. S16 AV/55 - AZ/54 Serial number at lower right
  e(2)     Sig. S15 CA/29 - DA/95 Serial number at upper centre. (Second tenure.)
  f(2)     Sig. S15 AZ/59 - BA/14 Serial number at lower right. (Second tenure.)
  i(1)     Sig. S17 BA/51 - BA/91 Serial number at lower right. (First tenure.)
  j     Sig. S17 FA/13 - FA/17 Serial number at upper centre
  i(2)     Sig. S17 FA/19 Serial number at lower right. (First tenure. Continuation
of prefixes used for serial numbers printed in centre; see 27j.)
  k     Sig. S18 GA/9 - GA/40
  i(3)     Sig. S17 GA/51 - HA/1 Serial number at lower right. (Second tenure.)
  l     Sig. S19 AC - HZ
  m     Sig. S20 JW - NH
  n     Sig. S21 NU - QZ
  o     Sig. S22 RF - RG
Seventh Issue Urdu Line 'A' on back.
36 a 100 Rupees Image Sig. G9 YK - EM/1 Red and orange note. Urdu text on back is printed by lithography.
  b     Sig. G9 GZ/1 - JM/1 Urdu text on back is printed by intaglio printing.
35   50 Rupees Image Sig. G9 PF - RE Burgundy and purple note.
34   10 Rupees Image Sig. G9 JL/1 - TS/1 Green note.
33   5 Rupees Image Sig. G9 FQ/1 - LS/1 Chocolate brown note.
26 a 1 Rupee Image Sig. S13 L/12 - W/81 Brown and multicoloured note. Mausoleum on back.
Serial number at upper centre
  b   Image Sig. S13 AA/6 - AA/65 Brown and multicoloured note. Mausoleum on back.
Serial number at lower right
Sixth Issue No Urdu line of text on back.
31   100 Rupees Image Sig. G8 A - DW Red and orange note.
      Image Sig. G9 * KH - * KQ Asterisk in prefix. Because an order of notes was repeated for
a range of prefixes, the asterisk was added to the second order.
        Sig. G9 LL - WT
30   50 Rupees Image Sig. G8 F - K Burgundy and purple note.
        Sig. G9 CF - HW
29   10 Rupees Image Sig. G8 C - NK Green note.
        Sig. G9 NX - GU/1
28   5 Rupees Image Sig. G8 AE - GL Chocolate brown note.
        Sig. G9 KH - AT/1
25   1 Rupee Image Sig. S13 A/50 - L/9 Brown and multicoloured note. Mausoleum on back.
24A   1 Rupee Image Sig. S11 A/6 - Q/6 Blue note. Decorative panel at bottom.
        Sig. S12 S/68 - AA/61
        Sig. S13 AC/70 - AF/60 Replacement note observed with X/95
24   1 Rupee Image Sig. S11 A/7 - A/47 Blue note. Four languages at bottom.
Fifth Issue 1972 Emergency Issue
23   100 Rupees Image Sig. G7 Y - DA Blue note.
        Sig. G8  FF
22   50 Rupees Image Sig. G6 S Blue note.
        Sig. G7 AX - FQ
        Sig. G8 GJ - JQ
21   10 Rupees Image Sig. G6 B - CW Green note.
      Image Sig. G7 DA - FA TDLR serial numbers (serifed).
      Image Sig. G7 ** An order of notes printed by TDLR carry just two asterisks as
the prefix. (Possible replacement notes for the TDLR order.)
        Sig. G7 BH - XZ
20   5 Rupees Image Sig. G6 G - V Light brown note.
        Sig. G7 BG - ED/1 Replacement notes have prefix X/1.
        Sig. G8 GQ/1 - GY/1
10   1 Rupee Image Sig. S10 A/10 - D/89 Brown note.
        Sig. S11 E/19 - G/62
Fourth Issue  
19 a 500 Rupees Image Sig. G4 E - T Red & yellow note. With 'Dhaka' overprint.
  b   Image Sig. G4 A - C Red & yellow note. With 'Karachi' overprint.
        Sig. G5 W
  c   Image Sig. G4 H - Q Red & yellow note. With 'Lahore' overprint.
18 b 100 Rupees Image Sig. G2 AL Green note. With 'Dhaka' overprint.
        Sig. G3 AV
  c   Image Sig. G2 A Green note. With 'Karachi' overprint.
        Sig. G3 AY - BB
  d   Image Sig. G2 M Green note. With 'Lahore' overprint.
        Sig. G3 BH
  a     Sig. G3 CM - DC With no overprint - Standard serial number prefix.
      Image Sig. G3 BM - CT With no overprint - Squashed serial number prefix.
        Sig. G5 DN - EJ With no overprint - Standard serial number prefix.
17   50 Rupees Image Sig. G4 A - DS Green note.
        Sig. G4 CQ Squashed serial number prefix.
        Sig. G5 EG - GF
        Sig. G6 HF
16   10 Rupees Image Sig. G5 B - FD Brown note.
        Sig. G6 FU
15   5 Rupees Image Sig. G4 T - V Purple note.
        Sig. G5 HC - CR/1
        Sig. G6 CX/1 - DD/1
Third Issue  
9A   1 Rupee Image Sig. S8 X/19 - AG/2 Blue front and purple back.
        Sig. S9 AH/81 - AV/27
        Sig. S10 AW/2 - AX/35
9   1 Rupee Image Sig. S2 B/91 - D/55 Blue front and blue back.
        Sig. S3 D/93 - F/84 With dividing line in fractional prefix.
      Image Sig. S3 L/62 - L/80 Without dividing line in fractional prefix.
        Sig. S4 M/36 - P/39
        Sig. S5 P/60 - Q/39
        Sig. S6 R/42 - T/22
        Sig. S7 T/99 - W/1
8   1 Rupee Image Sig. S1 A/22 - B/10 Blue front and purple back. TDLR Serial number font.
      Image Sig. S2 B/34
14 a 100 Rupees Image Sig. G1 A - B Purple note. 'Karachi' at bottom on front.
      Image Sig. G2 N - AQ
  b     Sig. G1 F - G Purple note. 'Dhaka' at bottom on front.
      Image Sig. G2 AA - AN
13   10 Rupees Image Sig. G1 C - CT Brown note with Shalimar Gardens.
        Sig. G2 GR - DB/1 This variety exists with a double-letter prefix or with a fractional prefix.
        Sig. G3 JM/1 - PH/2
        Sig. G5 UD/2 - ZC/2
12   5 Rupees Image Sig. G1 G - EV Purple note with jute-laden boat.
        Sig. G2 JT - SL
        Sig. G3 H/1 - PU/1 This variety exists with a double-letter prefix or with a fractional prefix.
11   2 Rupees Image Sig. G1 G/1 Brown note.
4   1 Rupee Image Sig. S1 A/3 - A/108 Green note.
Second Issue Emergency Issue.
Each of these notes originally had a serial number with no prefix letter. A single-letter prefix was then used, followed later by a double-letter prefix.
7 a 100 Rupees Image Sig. A3 C Green note. Small prefix letter.
  b   Image Sig. A3 AD - AF Green note. Large prefix letters.
6   10 Rupees Image Sig. A3 B - GL Both notes exist with serial numbers: with no prefix, with a single letter prefix, and with a double letter prefix.
5   5 Rupees Image Sig. A3 D - FF
First Issue Inscribed Indian Notes.
3A   100 Rupees Image Sig. A2 B/54 - B/59
B/60 000001 to
B/60 700000
3   10 Rupees Image Sig. A2 H/48 - H72
H/83 - H/99
J/0 - J/42
J/51 - J/58
2   5 Rupees Image Sig. A2 A/41 - A/80
B/65 - B/88
1A   2 Rupees Image Sig. A2 G/27 - G/36
G/53 - G/67
1   1 Rupee Image Sig. A1 Q/37 - Q/99
R/06, R/76 - R/99
S/0 - S/55
Printed to the right of the serial number is the letter 'A', which is an integral part of the serial number.

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