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5 Paise Save for Development FAO
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Currency | Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central composite design symbolising national development, featuring a hand depositing a coin into a savings box, set against a large industrial gear wheel. Flanking the central group are a wheat ear to the left, a trowel to the right, an open book at lower left, a rural hut at lower centre, and a medical cross at lower right, representing agriculture, industry, education, shelter, and healthcare. The date '1977' appears in exergue below the central device. The bilingual legend 'विकास के लिए बचाइए' in Devanagari script arcs around the upper field, with 'SAVE FOR DEVELOPMENT' in Latin script along the lower periphery. Mintmark, if present, appears below the date. |
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| Reverse lettering | विकास के लिए बचाइए 1977 SAVE FOR DEVELOPMENT |
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The FAO coin program, launched in 1968, recruited national mints worldwide to produce circulating commemoratives tied to Food and Agriculture Organization campaigns. India participated extensively, issuing multiple denominations across the 1970s under themes coordinated with FAO's development agenda. The 1977 "Save for Development" theme aligned with broader Third World savings mobilization efforts pushed during a period when the IMF and World Bank were pressing developing nations on domestic capital formation.
These aluminium-magnesium pieces circulated freely alongside standard issues and accumulated genuine wear. Finding examples without post-mint damage is modestly harder than their mintage figures suggest.