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5 Paisa
| Issuer | Pakistan |
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| Year | 1964-1974 |
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| Shape | Square with rounded corners |
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| Obverse script | Bengali/Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts a traditional Pakistani sailing vessel (pattimar or dhow) with billowing sails, the numeral '5' prominently displayed across the mainsail. The Bengali legend arcs across the upper field and the Urdu legend appears to the left, both reading 'Five Paisa'. A single five-pointed star is positioned in the lower field beneath the vessel. |
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Pakistan's nickel-brass small denominations from this period were produced partly at the Pakistan Security Printing Corporation in Karachi and partly through contracts with foreign mints as domestic capacity was being built up. The 5 Paisa circulated heavily through a decade that included the 1965 war with India and the political upheaval surrounding the 1971 secession of East Pakistan as Bangladesh — years when monetary stability was secondary to survival.
The series was eventually phased out as inflation eroded the paisa's purchasing power to practical uselessness by the mid-1970s.