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50 Paisa Muhammad Ali Jinnah
| Issuer | Pakistan Mint |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic / Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features the numeral 50 in large Latin digits above the denomination in Arabic script (پیسہ) and the date 1976 in Arabic-Indic numerals, all enclosed within a series of concentric ornamental bands of elaborate arabesque and floral scroll-work in high relief. The outermost band carries the Arabic legend of the issuing authority and national motto, with the inscription reading the Government of Pakistan and the state motto Faith, Unity, Discipline. The entire design is framed by a beaded border. |
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The Jinnah 50 Paisa was introduced as part of a broader decimal coinage overhaul that followed Pakistan's constitutional reorganization under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. By 1976, Bhutto's government was leaning heavily on nationalist iconography, and placing the founder's image on circulating coinage served an obvious political function during a period of significant internal tension. Jinnah had died in September 1948 — less than thirteen months after Partition — leaving a state still defining itself.
The copper-nickel alloy chosen here replaced earlier nickel compositions as global nickel prices made pure-nickel coinage increasingly expensive to produce through the mid-1970s commodity cycle.