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5 Poisha
| Issuer | Bangladesh Bank |
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| Year | 1973-1974 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the national emblem of Bangladesh: a water lily (shapla) in the foreground, flanked on either side by upright rice sheaves, surmounted by a three-leaf clover representing tea leaves. Four stars appear in the upper field, symbolising the four founding principles of the 1972 constitution — nationalism, secularism, socialism, and democracy. The emblem is rendered in relief against a plain field, presented without additional legend or border inscription. |
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| Reverse script | Bengali |
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Bangladesh's first coinage series, issued in 1973, was struck just two years after independence following the Liberation War of 1971. The new state needed a functioning currency infrastructure almost immediately, and these earliest aluminium pieces were produced at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Wales — Bangladesh had no domestic minting capacity at the time.