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10 Rupee Haj Issue
| Issuer | State Bank of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1972 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in three-quarter view, wearing a traditional Karakul cap, positioned to the left of centre against a light guilloche underprint. The numeral '10' appears in the lower-left corner and in ornate cartouches at the upper corners, with bilingual inscriptions in Urdu and Bengali script across the centre field. Two lines of English text in bold letterpress read 'FOR HAJ PILGRIMS FROM PAKISTAN' and 'FOR USE IN SAUDI ARABIA ONLY', with facsimile signatures of the Governor and another official of the State Bank of Pakistan at the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents a panoramic landscape view of the Shalimar Gardens, Lahore, rendered in fine intaglio engraving with cypress trees in the foreground and formal terraced gardens extending to ornate pavilions in the background. The denomination 'TEN RUPEES' is lettered in bold serif type at the bottom centre, with 'STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN' across the top. Numerals '10' appear in guilloche cartouches at all four corners, and a circular emblem is positioned to the right of the central vignette. |
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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.