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The Pakistani 5-rupee coin (Rs. 5) is a denomination of the Pakistani rupee. [1] The 5-rupee coin is an alloy comprising 79 percent copper, 20 percent zinc, and 1 percent nickel. [2] [3] It weighs 3 grams and measures 18.5 mm in diameter. [2] [3]
Five paisa coin first used in 1965 1 paisa coin first used in 1972 5 paisa coin used in 1974. In 1948, coins were introduced in denominations of 1 pice, 1 ⁄ 2, 1 and 2 annas, 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 rupee. 1 pie coins were added in 1951. In 1961, coins for 1, 5 and 10 pice were issued, followed later the same year by 1 paisa, 5 and 10 paise coins.
5- (a) 50 Paisa Coin November 5, 1980 Advent of 15th century Hijra Cuprous Nickel: Copper 75% ; Nickel 25% The coin shall be round with serrations, diameter of 23.00 mm and 5.00 grams (1/40th in weight) 45,60,000 5- (b) 1 Rupee Coin November 5, 1980 Advent of 15th century Hijra Cuprous Nickel: Copper 75% ; Nickel 25%
The official currency was named Taka, later "৳" was designated as the sign or symbol for Taka. The minimum unit of money fixed is one rupee. And a percentage of money is called Paisa. That is, ৳1 is equal to 100 paise. In 1973, 5 paisa, 10 paisa, 25 paisa and 50 paisa started circulation. [2] [3]
When the rupee was decimalised and subdivided into 100 (new) paise, one anna was therefore equivalent to 6.25 paise. The anna was demonetised as a currency unit when India decimalised its currency in 1957, followed by Pakistan in 1961. It was replaced by the 5-paise coin, which was itself discontinued in 1994 and demonetised in 2011.
Paisa (also transliterated as pice, pesa, poysha, poisha and baisa) is a monetary unit in several countries. The word is also a generalised idiom for money and wealth. In India, Nepal, and Pakistan, the paisa currently equals 1 ⁄ 100 of a rupee. In Bangladesh, the poysha equals 1 ⁄ 100 of a Bangladeshi taka.
Commemorative coins of Pakistan; P. Paisa; Pakistani 5-rupee coin; Pakistani 10-rupee coin This page was last edited on 1 July 2014, at 21:58 (UTC). Text ...
Plural: Naye paise). On 1 June 1964, the term "Naya" was dropped and the denomination was simply called "One paisa" (or paise for denomination greater than one). Paisa coins were issued as a part of "The Decimal Series". [4] [5] [6] Five paise coins were minted from 1964 to 1984. [1] 5 paise was equivalent to four-fifths of an anna (0.8 anna).