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10 Rupees
| Issuer | State Bank of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1984-2006 |
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| Designer(s) | Pakistan Security Printing Corporation |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Mohenjo-daro archaeological site with a reproduction of the ancient Priest-King seal in the upper right corner. Denomination numeral appears at the lower center, flanked by bilingual inscriptions in Urdu and English across the upper register. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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| Comments |
P#39 ran for over two decades with only minor modifications — an unusually long lifespan for a circulating note of this denomination, and a direct reflection of the low pace of reform at the Pakistan Security Printing Corporation during the 1980s and 1990s. The 10-rupee note occupied a heavily used position in everyday transactions, and surviving examples in anything above well-worn condition are not especially common for the earlier dated issues.
The single watermark security feature places this squarely in a pre-modern security regime — PSPC did not introduce more sophisticated elements to lower denominations until well into the 2000s.