Catalog
5 Rupees
| Issuer | State Bank of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1972-1976 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of terraced tea plantation hillsides rendered in detailed intaglio, with a large botanical sprig of tea leaves in the foreground to the right. The State Bank of Pakistan seal appears in the upper left corner, and the denomination numeral 5 is set in ornamental cartouches at lower left and lower right, with a fine guilloche border framing the entire design. |
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| Signature(s) | single or double serial # prefix letters - Shakirullah Durrani single or double serial # prefix letters - Ghulam Ishaq Khan fractional serial # prefix - Ghulam Ishaq Khan fractional serial # prefix - S. Osman Ali |
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This series bridges one of the most turbulent reorganizations in Pakistani monetary history — issued in the years immediately following the 1971 secession of East Pakistan and the formal creation of Bangladesh, when the State Bank was managing a drastically reduced economic territory and a shattered public confidence in state institutions. Ghulam Ishaq Khan, whose signature appears in two prefix variants here, was serving as Finance Secretary before his long ascent to the presidency.
The fractional serial prefix variants signal a mid-run change in numbering methodology, not a separate issue — a bookkeeping shift that collectors sometimes misread as a distinct type.