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5 Paise
| Issuer | Government of India |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral '5' dominates the center of the reverse field, rendered in bold relief. The word 'PAISE' appears in Latin script to the right of the numeral, while the Devanagari equivalent 'पैसे' is inscribed to the left. The date '1984' is placed in the lower portion of the field below the denomination. The absence of a mintmark indicates striking at the Calcutta Mint. The milled border follows the square-with-rounded-corners outline of the planchet. |
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| Reverse lettering | पैसे 5 PAISE 1984 |
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By 1984, the 5 paise had become largely irrelevant in daily commerce — inflation had eroded its purchasing power to near nothing, and most small transactions were simply rounded. Aluminium issues of this denomination from the early 1980s continued to be struck more out of institutional inertia than economic necessity. India would formally demonetize all paisa denominations below 25 paise in 1994, ending a series that had persisted since decimalization in 1957.