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50 Poisha
| Issuer | Bangladesh Bank |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Weight | 4 g |
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| Obverse description | The National Emblem of Bangladesh displayed centrally in the field, depicting a water lily (shapla) flanked on either side by upright rice sheaves. Above the lily, a row of tea leaves is shown, surmounted by four five-pointed stars arranged in an arc, representing the four founding principles of the 1972 constitution: nationalism, secularism, socialism, and democracy. The emblem is rendered in bold relief against a plain field. |
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| Mintage | 1973 - ১৯৭৩ - 18,000,000 |
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Bangladesh issued its first coin series in 1973, just two years after independence from Pakistan following the Liberation War. The 50 Poisha was part of that inaugural national coinage, struck as the new state was still consolidating basic institutions — the Bangladesh Bank itself had only been established in 1972. Nickel brass was a practical choice for a country rebuilding its economy under acute resource constraints and significant postwar inflation.