5000 New note in pakistan

So this decidedly Euro-esque design is to be the largest denomination of the pakistani currency. It sure is a bold break from the past. I wonder if this means they will soon have a stab at the others too-will this ‘new look’ fever spread?
Its reported that the 1000 rupee note is to be discountinued alongwith the 50 rupee note, whilst a new 20 rupee denomination is to be issued soon.
I wonder though if this is really a practical move by the state bank, given the fact that there is an uncomfortably large denomiation-gap between the 500 and 5000, with nothing in between.
Getting back to the design, I cant seem to decide if I do indeed like this new, ‘cleaner’ look-baba’s (ie. Qauid-E-Azam) look has also undergone a complete makeover and he looks much more human-fleshed out in 3D glory.
I do miss however, the garish colours that have been the very fundamentals, the foundations of all currency designs the State Bank has released to date. There functional ugliness saves much fumbling, critically where more aestically pleasing designs lose out. Telling greenback apart, for example, is a particular nightmare..
5000 Rs. though….. that cant be a good thing?

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Time was changing when I opened my eyes to this world; everything seemed to be going ‘online’. But still it was not that bad - we still were living our offline lives too. It was time when stamp collection, reading books in their ‘hard copy format’, gaming (offline) with hands and feet involved, making scrap books, collecting dolls, coin collection were few of the more common hobbies instead of chatting, surfing online and downloading music.

I inherited not the coin collection hobby but the coins themselves from my sis (and probably my parents too since she cannot collect coins issued years before her).

I remember years back when someone would come from any foreign land me and my siblings’ would surely ask for some coin tokens to add up in our collection. And it used to be great time of pleasure for me to open up my sis’ stamp and coin collections whenever she was away, as a feast.

PAKISTAN COIN SET

This 10 coin set includes a 2003 10 Rupee picturing flowers, 2004 5 Rupees, 2006 2 Rupees picturing a mosque and the 2006 1 Rupee picturing the nations founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Also included is the 50 Paisa, 25 Paisa, scalloped 10 Paisa, square 5 Paisa, 2 Paisa and 1 Paisa dating from the 1970’s to the 1990’s. All coins are Uncirculated, though they may be poorly toned or poorly struck.

EARLY ANCIENT SILVER COIN FROM INDIA

India developed some of the world's earliest coins sometime around 600BC. The coins were made by taking a flat, though often irregularly shaped, piece of silver, cutting it to the proper weight, then applying a series of punches to the front of it, indicating where and when it was made. The punches covered a wide variety of symbols. As the coin circulated, additional punches were sometimes put on the back, verifying the weight and fineness of the coin. The coin, known as the Punchmarked Karshapana, continued to be issued until about the second century BC. Today the coin is one of the least expensive early coins available, and represents one of the earliest approaches to the development of coinage

1, 5, 10, 100, rupiees

(1949)

5, 10, 50, 100 rupiees

(1973)

2, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 rupiees

(1986-)

5 rupees

1997
5 rupiees; commemorative "50 years of Independence 1947-1997"

10, 100, rupiees

About Pakistani Rupees

1 Pakistani Rupee (Re, singular; Rs, plural) = 100 paisa. Notes are in denominations of Rs1000, 500, 100, 50, 10, and 5. Coins are in denominations of Re2 and 1.

About Indian Notes

1 Rupee (RS) = 100 paise. Notes are in denominations of RS500, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1. Coins are in denominations of RS5, 2 and 1, and 50, 25, 20, 10 and 5 paise.