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Just dug into Pakistan's currency history and wow, the PKR story is brutal. Started at 3.31 against the dollar back in 1947, stayed locked there for nearly a decade. Then things got interesting.
Through the 50s and 60s it barely moved, hovering around 4-5 range. But when the 70s hit, the real decline started. By 1972 it jumped to 11 PKR per dollar, and from there it was basically a one-way trip downward. The 80s saw it stabilize around 9-10, but that was just the calm before the storm.
The 90s? That's when you really see the acceleration. Went from 20 PKR in 1989 to over 50 by 1999. The 2000s kept the pressure on, and then 2008 hit hard - jumped to 81. Fast forward to 2018-2019 and it was trading above 160. Last year it was at 286 PKR per dollar, and now it's sitting around 277.
So when PKR lost that much value over 77 years, you're looking at a currency that went from 3.31 to 277. That's not just depreciation, that's a complete erosion of purchasing power. Wild to see it visualized like this.