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  • 1 Rupee 1948-1949, KM# 7, Pakistan
  • 1 Rupee 1948-1949, KM# 7, Pakistan
Description

The Federation of Pakistan, also called the Dominion of Pakistan, was an independent federal dominion in South Asia established on 14 August 1947. At its inception, the Dominion of Pakistan did not include its princely states, which gradually acceded over the next year. Its status as a federal dominion within the British Empire ended in 1956 with the completion of the Constitution of Pakistan, which officially established the country as an Islamic Republic. The constitution also administratively split the nation into West Pakistan and East Pakistan, which were until then governed as a singular entity despite being separate geographic exclaves. In 1971, East Pakistan seceded as the new nation of Bangladesh.

Obverse

Depicts a tughra in Urdu that translates as "Government of Pakistan" and date flanked by stars above sprigs within a beaded circle.

GOVERNMENT
OF
PAKISTAN
19 48
حكومت پاکستان

Reverse

Depicts a crescent opening to the right and a star between values in Urdu above in English below and all above flanked. Two stars above flanks within a beaded circle.

The star and crescent is an iconographic symbol used in various historical contexts but most well known today as a symbol of the former Ottoman Empire and, by popular extension, the Islamic world. It appears on the national flag and state emblem of Pakistan.

آیک روپية
ONE
RUPEE

Edge

1 Rupee

Dominion, star right of crescent
KM# 7
Characteristics
Material Nickel
Weight 11.5 g
Diameter 28 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Lahore Mint (L)

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