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10 Rupee Haj Issue
| Issuer | State Bank of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Reference(s) | P#R4 |
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| Reverse lettering | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN TEN RUPEES |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
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Pakistan's Haj notes were a practical instrument for foreign exchange control, not a commemorative gesture. Pilgrims traveling to Saudi Arabia were restricted from taking regular Pakistani currency abroad, so the State Bank issued these dedicated notes — exchangeable for Saudi riyals on arrival — to manage the outflow of hard currency while still facilitating the pilgrimage obligation for Pakistani Muslims.
The 1972 issue appeared shortly after the rupee's devaluation that May, when Pakistan broke from the fixed rate it had held under the Bretton Woods system. The timing made exchange-rate management around Haj travel particularly sensitive that year.