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5 Poisha
| Issuer | Bangladesh Bank |
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| Year | 1973-1974 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Bengali |
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| Reverse lettering | বাংলাদেশ ১৯৭৩ ৫ পয়সা (Translation: Bangladesh 1973 5 Poisha) |
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Bangladesh's first coinage series, issued in 1973, was struck just two years after independence following the Liberation War of 1971. The new state needed a functioning currency infrastructure almost immediately, and these earliest aluminium pieces were produced at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Wales — Bangladesh had no domestic minting capacity at the time.