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1 Paisa
| Issuer | Government of Pakistan |
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| Year | 1967-1973 |
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| Weight | 0.6 g |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the national emblem of Pakistan: a stylized tughra-style Arabic calligraphic inscription surmounted by a crescent and five-pointed star, rendered in high relief against a plain field. The legend in Urdu (Naskh script) reads along the right peripheral arc and the legend in Bengali script arcs along the left, both reading 'Government of Pakistan.' The date appears in Western-Arabic numerals at the base of the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | পাকিস্তান সরকার حكومت پاكستان 1970 (Translation: Government of Pakistan Government of Pakistan 1970) |
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Pakistan's aluminium paisa series of this period reflects the country's broader effort to reduce coinage production costs as metal prices climbed globally in the late 1960s. The shift away from bronze had already begun earlier in the decade, and by 1967 aluminium had become the practical choice for the lowest denomination. These circulated heavily in a cash-dependent economy where the paisa retained genuine purchasing utility — a fraction of a rupee still bought something worth buying at a village market.
The series spans the 1971 secession of East Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh, meaning identical coins were legal tender across a country that would not survive the decade intact.