KARACHI, Aug 10 : To mark the 10th anniversary of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to issue Rs 100 commemorative coin on Friday.<\/p>\n
The coin shall be issued through the exchange counters of SBP Banking Services Corporation from August 11, 2023, said a statement issued here on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The government of Pakistan has decided to issue a commemorative coin of Rs.100 in recognition of the significant contribution of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to country\u2019s infrastructure and economic development since its decade of inception in 2013.<\/p>\n
The coin is in round shape milled with serrations on the edge, diameter of 30.00 mm, weight 13.5 grams and has Cupro-Nickel metal contents, the statement read.<\/p>\n
On the obverse side and in the centre of the coin, an artistically designed five-pointed star has been reflected. The crescent moon and star as present in Pakistan\u2019s national Flag and a group of five stars as present in China\u2019s national Flag were also shown inside the artistically designed star at right and left positions, respectively.<\/p>\n
The wordings \u201cCELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF CPEC\u201d in English Script and \u201cISLAMI JAMHURIA PAKISTAN\u201d in Urdu Script were written on the top and bottom of the star along with the periphery while both wordings were separated with two stars on left and right sides of the coin.<\/p>\n
The face value of the coin in bold numeral \u201c100\u201d and in Urdu script \u201cRupiya\u201d are written on the right and left sides of the star respectively.
\nOn the reverse side and in the centre of the coin, an artistically designed five-pointed Star has been reflected. The crescent moon and star as present in Pakistan\u2019s national Flag and a group of five stars as present in China\u2019s national Flag were also shown inside the artistically designed star at right and left positions, respectively.<\/p>\n
Wordings \u201cCHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR\u201d in English and Chinese Scripts are written on top of the star along with periphery. Wordings \u201cPAKISTAN CHEEN EQTESADI RAHDARI\u201d in Urdu Script and \u201cFROM VISION TO REALITY\u201d in English Script were written at the bottom of the star along with the periphery.<\/p>\n
All these wordings on top and bottom were separated with two stars at the left and right sides of the coin while Years in numeral \u201c2013\u201d and \u201c2023\u201d were also written on the left and right centre of the coin depicting decade of high-quality development of CPEC, it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KARACHI, Aug 10 : To mark the 10th anniversary of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to issue Rs 100 commemorative coin on Friday. The coin shall be issued through the exchange counters of SBP Banking Services Corporation from August 11, 2023, said a statement issued here on Thursday. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-348870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"\n