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5 Rupees
| Issuer | State Bank of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1972-1976 |
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| Value | 5 Rupees (5 PKR) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Karakul cap at center, rendered in intaglio against a fine guilloche underprint, printed in red-brown on white paper. Bengali text to the left and Urdu text to the right carry the issuer name and promise-to-pay legend, with the numeral 5 in ornamental cartouches at each corner. A scroll panel below the portrait bears the Governor's signature alongside bilingual inscriptions in Bengali and Urdu. |
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| Reverse lettering | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN FIVE RUPEES ۵ |
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This series bridges one of the most turbulent reorganizations in Pakistani monetary history — issued in the years immediately following the 1971 secession of East Pakistan and the formal creation of Bangladesh, when the State Bank was managing a drastically reduced economic territory and a shattered public confidence in state institutions. Ghulam Ishaq Khan, whose signature appears in two prefix variants here, was serving as Finance Secretary before his long ascent to the presidency.
The fractional serial prefix variants signal a mid-run change in numbering methodology, not a separate issue — a bookkeeping shift that collectors sometimes misread as a distinct type.