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2 Paisa 12-sided type
| Issuer | Pakistan |
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| Year | 1968-1974 |
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| Weight | 0.75 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the Pakistani tughra (royal cipher) surmounted by a crescent moon and star, the traditional symbols of Islam and the Pakistani state. The legend 'Government of Pakistan' appears in both Urdu (Nastaliq script) and Bengali script, encircling the tughra. The scalloped flan edge with twelve notches frames the design throughout. |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral '2' dominates the central field, flanked on either side by decorative sprigs of cotton blossoms and bolls rendered in fine relief. The Urdu denomination legend appears above the numeral in Nastaliq script, while the Bengali denomination '২ পয়সা' is inscribed below, completing the bilingual value inscription. The overall composition is well-centered within the scalloped flan. |
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Pakistan's shift to aluminium for the 2 Paisa reflected acute pressure on the country's metal supply during a period of sustained economic strain following the 1965 war with India. The twelve-sided format, adopted to aid identification by touch among a largely illiterate rural population, followed a practical design philosophy also applied across several other low-denomination Pakistani issues of the period.
Production ran through the Bangladesh crisis and its aftermath — a rupture that cost Pakistan roughly half its population overnight when East Pakistan separated in 1971.