Catalog
10 Rupees Haj Note
| Issuer | State Bank of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1967-1971 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in three-quarter view occupies the left portion of the note, set against a green guilloche underprint with floral vignette elements in the centre-right field. Bilingual inscriptions in Urdu and Bengali appear above and below the central text panel, with the denomination numeral '10' printed in the lower-left corner. The overprint legends 'FOR HAJ PILGRIMS FROM PAKISTAN' and 'FOR USE IN SAUDI ARABIA ONLY' are printed in red across the face, distinguishing this as a special Haj issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN / TEN RUPEES / 10 |
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Pakistan issued dedicated Haj notes — a parallel currency usable only in Saudi Arabia during the pilgrimage — to control foreign exchange outflows. Pilgrims could not legally take standard Pakistani rupees abroad, so these notes functioned as a controlled scrip, redeemable for Saudi riyals on arrival and theoretically returned or cancelled after the Haj season ended.
Printed domestically by the Pakistan Security Printing Corporation rather than contracted to a foreign security printer, P#R3 is one of the earlier issues in this Haj series. The system itself ran for decades, making this 1967–1971 window the formative period before the scheme was tightened further under 1970s foreign exchange regulations.