Catalog
5 Rupees
| Issuer | State Bank of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1966-1971 |
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| In circulation to | 6 May 1972 |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette illustrates terraced tea gardens of East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), rendered in an intaglio-style engraving in violet-purple ink. A large tea plant branch with broad leaves occupies the right foreground, while the State Bank of Pakistan seal appears in the upper-left corner. The denomination "FIVE RUPEES" is lettered in the lower margin below the central design, flanked by guilloche borders. |
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| Protection description | Watermark portrait of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, visible when held to light |
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| Comments |
Pakistan's P#15 5-rupee series ran through a politically turbulent stretch — the Ayub Khan government gave way to Yahya Khan's martial law administration in 1969, and the notes issued across that transition carry no marking that distinguishes pre- from post-coup printings. The State Bank simply continued the series through the change of government without interruption, which is administratively unremarkable but historically telling.
The series was retired well before the 1971 war and the secession of East Pakistan, so these notes were not caught up in the currency disruption that followed Bangladesh's independence.