Visit to State Bank of Pakistan Museum

Visit to State Bank of Pakistan Museum



Recently, I visited the newly-inaugurated State Bank Museum, which is in Karachi.It was a trip that I will never forget, like a richly-colored dream.It was the 31st of December, 2019 when I visited the State Bank Museum.
We entered through the main State Bank entrance and out into the courtyard of the Museum, which ,formerly, housed the Imperial Bank of India. It is a Greco Roman building in Jodhpuri Red Sandstone constructed in the 1920s by the British government.In 2004, the State Bank of Pakistan decided to adapt the building as a museum, and work on the projects started in 2006 was devoted to conservation of the building and acquisition of the collection.The Museum is divided into many different parts, each boasting its collection for e.g, Coin galleries, Currency galleries, old shredding machines which shredded old and dirty currency notes etc. Also, there was an area devoted to the arts and paintings of the celebrated Pakistani artist, Sadequain Naqqash.

Coin galleries:

The Coins Gallery displays the techniques with some original dies of coin making in Pakistan Mint, also include some old machines, the process of coin making along some tools, and a documentary covering the whole process of coin minting in Pakistan Mint.The Coin Gallery is divided into two parts, Pre Islamic Gallery and Islamic Gallery till to the Present-Day period Coinage.The Pre Islamic Gallery exhibition starting from barter system and seals used as coins by Indus Valley People, punch-marked coins dated from 6th century B.C. The pre Islamic Gallery also displays some uncommon bar copper and silver coins, Indo Greeks including an uncommon bronze coin of Alexander the Great and several other unique coins, Indo Scythian, Indo Parthian, Kushans, Guptas, Indo Sassanian, Hindu Shahis. The Islamic Gallery exhibition starts from the coinage of Arab Governors of Sindh, some uncommon Sultanate coins, Mughal coins, later Mughals, British Indian, and then coinage after 1947.

Currency galleries:

The Currency Gallery gives an overview of the origin of paper currency in the sub-continent, from early paper issues to polymer banknotes. The gallery of the museum displaying the history of Currency Notes in Pakistan and also includes the collection of historical, current and polymer banknotes of different countries around the world. The Currency Gallery includes the complete collection of Pakistani banknotes since its origination (1947–present).The gallery displays different currency notes, from the Hajj notes issued by Government of Pakistan in 1960s and 1970s for use in Saudi Arabia to the world's biggest note, 300 Rubles, issued by Russian Government.


Overall, it was a memorable trip, one to be remembered forever. People should visit this museum as it displays the currency and coinage of Pakistan and Pre-Partition Hindustan.It was a trip well-worth remembering.
Location: Plot A 63, Block 4 Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Karachi City, Sindh, Pakistan

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  1. Haseef AhmedJanuary 7, 2020 at 5:34 AM

    Everyone, I am writing this blog to describe my visit to the State Bank Museum. You really should visit this place as it shows the history of coinage and currency of the world, from the Mesopotamian Civilization who used cowrie shells as currency down to the modern era.

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