50 Paisa

Pakistan's nickel coinage of the 1960s was struck during a period of significant monetary reorganization following the country's decimalization in 1961, when the rupee was divided into 100 paisa rather than the older anna-based system. The transition required an entirely new coin series across multiple denominations, and these 50 paisa pieces were produced at the Royal Mint in London as well as domestically, depending on year.

Production continued through 1969, the year Ayub Khan's decade-long government collapsed under mass protest, ending the "Basic Democracies" system that had defined Pakistan's political structure since 1959.