Issued under the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's coin program, which recruited governments worldwide to mint low-denomination pieces carrying agricultural messaging as a form of development awareness. Pakistan participated across several years, with this aluminium paisa among the lightest coins in active circulation anywhere in the Commonwealth at the time — a practical consequence of aluminium's adoption as copper and bronze costs outpaced the face value of small change.
Issued under the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's coin program, which recruited governments worldwide to mint low-denomination pieces carrying agricultural messaging as a form of development awareness. Pakistan participated across several years, with this aluminium paisa among the lightest coins in active circulation anywhere in the Commonwealth at the time — a practical consequence of aluminium's adoption as copper and bronze costs outpaced the face value of small change.