Catalog
100 Rupees Haj Issue
| Issuer | Government of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1950 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red and displays a symmetrical guilloche composition consisting of two large oval rosettes flanking a central mandala-style geometric vignette with elaborate latticework. The issuer inscription 'GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN' appears in a banner at the top centre, and a scroll cartouche at the bottom centre bears the denomination legend 'ONE HUNDRED RUPEES'. Numeral '100' is placed in rectangular frames at upper left and lower right corners, with Eastern Arabic numeral equivalents at upper right and lower left. |
| Reverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN ONE HUNDRED RUPEES 100 ١٠٠ |
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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.