Pakistan 25 Rupees 2014

History

25 Rupees 2014, KM# 73, Pakistan, 50th Anniversary of PNS Submarine Hangor

Description

PNS/M Hangor (S-131), nicknamed "Shark," was a Daphné-class diesel-electric submarine in the Pakistan Navy from 1969 to 2006. It was the first submarine to sink a ship after World War II.

Designed and built by France after negotiations starting in 1966, Hangor was commissioned in 1969 and returned to Karachi. Under Commander Ahmed Tasnim, it sank the Indian Navy's INS Khukri, an anti-submarine frigate, with a homing torpedo on 9 December 1971 during the third Indo-Pak war. This was the only submarine kill since WWII until the Falklands War when HMS Conqueror sank the General Belgrano. The attack also led to the cancellation of the Indian Navy's "Operation Triumph."

Obverse	Navy (ship, submarine etc.) Submarine Depicts a submarine in the sea with the crest of the Pakistan Navy (a dark blue flag featuring the anchor crest, a star and crescent above, and the country's name below) above it. Above the submarine, there is an Urdu inscription that reads "Pakistan Navy Submarine Force," and below it, the text with dates of establishment and issue "Golden Jubilee 1964 - 2014." پاکستان نیوی سبمیرین فورس گولڈن جوبلی 2014 - 1964
Reverse	Symbol, amulet, talisman Star and crescent Tree, flower, plant etc. Wheat Depicts a crescent and star and value above wheat ears, with the country name written above in Urdu, and the date below. 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. اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاكستان روپیہ 25 2014
Edge	Reeded (milled)