100 Rupees Haj Issue

Pakistan's Haj issues were a genuinely unusual monetary instrument — special overprinted notes issued exclusively for Pakistani pilgrims travelling to Mecca, intended to prevent the export of regular Pakistani currency. The 1950 issue predates Pakistan's formal central bank control over the series; it was authorized directly by the Government of Pakistan at a time when the State Bank had only been operating for two years.

Thomas De La Rue printed the base note in London. Saudi Arabia accepted these restricted issues as valid exchange, and unused notes were theoretically surrendered on the pilgrim's return — a rule honoured inconsistently in practice, which is partly why surviving examples appear across a wide range of conditions.