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10 Rupees Haj Note
| Issuer | State Bank of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1951-1971 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents an intaglio vignette of the Shalimar Gardens of Lahore at centre-right, rendered in green guilloche with formal Mughal garden terraces, cypresses, and ornamental water channels. The legend FOR HAJ PILGRIMS FROM PAKISTAN appears in English at top centre, with Urdu script inscription below, and the additional notice FOR USE IN SAUDI ARABIA ONLY is printed across the centre field. Denomination numerals appear in all four corners, with serial numbers in two positions flanking the central vignette. |
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| Reverse lettering | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN দশ টাকা TEN RUPEES |
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Pakistan's Haj notes were a parallel currency issued exclusively for Muslim pilgrims travelling to Mecca — they could not be used domestically and were non-convertible back into Pakistani rupees, functioning more as a pilgrimage voucher than a circulating banknote. The scheme was designed to control foreign exchange outflows at a time when Pakistan's reserves were under persistent strain.
Thomas De La Rue printed the series in London across a span of two decades, though individual print runs within the 1951–1971 window are poorly documented. The long issuance period means significant variation in paper quality and ink density exists across survivors, though no formally catalogued varieties have been established for this denomination.
Withdrawn when the Haj subsidy structure changed in the early 1970s.