Pakistani rupee

currency

The rupee (symbol: Rs; code: PKR) is the currency of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan. 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 (hundred thousands, in digits 100,000) and crore (ten millions, in digits 10,000,000).

Pakistani rupee
ISO 4217 CodePKR
Official user(s) Pakistan
Unofficial user(s) Afghanistan[1][2]
Inflation9.4% (March 2019)
Subunit
1100Paisa
SymbolR
NicknameRupayya.
Coins
Freq. used1, 2, 5, 10 Rupees
Rarely used20 Rupees
Banknotes
Freq. used10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000 Rupees
Rarely used5000 Rupees
Central bankState Bank of Pakistan
Website[http://www.sbp.org.pk www.sbp.org.pk]
PrinterPakistan Security Printing Corporation
MintPakistan Mint

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