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50 Paisa
| Issuer | Pakistan |
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| Year | 1969-1974 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by an ornate tughra device, a calligraphic emblem rendered in relief, surmounted by a crescent moon opening to the right with a five-pointed star positioned within the crescent's arc — the national symbols of Pakistan. Flanking the tughra on the left and right are legends in Bengali script arranged in two curved vertical columns. The Urdu legend 'حكومت پاكستان' (Government of Pakistan) appears in Naskh script below the tughra. The date is inscribed in Arabic-Eastern numerals at the bottom of the field. The entire design is enclosed within a fine beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic/Bengali/Latin |
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Pakistan's 50 Paisa coinage of this period spans one of the most turbulent stretches in the country's history: the 1971 civil war, the secession of East Pakistan as Bangladesh, and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's sweeping nationalizations afterward. Coins struck across these years share identical specifications yet were issued under three distinct political administrations — Yahya Khan's military government, the wartime provisional authority, and Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party government.
KM#32 is sometimes found with minor die variations in the Urdu script positioning, though no major catalogued varieties exist for this type.