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5 Paise FAO
| Issuer | Government of India Mint |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Value | 5 Paise (0.05 INR) |
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| Obverse description | The Ashoka Lion Capital emblem of India is depicted centrally at the top of the field, rendered in relief with the four lions set back-to-back atop the abacus. The denomination numeral '5' appears prominently in the centre of the field below the emblem. The legend 'भारत' (Bharat) in Devanagari script runs along the left periphery, while 'INDIA' in Latin script appears along the right periphery; '5 पैसे' in Devanagari and 'PAISE' in Latin script complete the lower portion of the coin's legend. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Devanagari |
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This piece was struck as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization coin program, which recruited member nations to issue specially designated coinage bearing agricultural themes tied to FAO development campaigns. India participated repeatedly throughout the 1970s, and the 1976 issue falls within the "Food for All" initiative promoted that decade. Aluminium was the only practical choice — by the mid-1970s, the intrinsic value of cupro-nickel had made small-denomination coinage economically indefensible to produce.
KM#18 and KM#19 are frequently conflated in dealer inventories; the distinction rests on the FAO designation itself, not the physical type.