50 Poisha FAO

Issuer Bangladesh
Year 1977-1994
Type Commemorative circulation coin
Value 50 Poisha
Currency Taka (1972-date)
Composition Stainless steel
Weight 4 g
Diameter 22 mm
Thickness 1.52 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#13, Schön#14
Obverse description The National Emblem of Bangladesh: a water lily bordered on two sides by rice sheaves. Above are a three-leaf clover of tea leaves and four stars representing the four principles of the first constitution of Bangladesh in 1972: nationalism, secularism, socialism, and democracy.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
Reverse description A hilsa, the national fish of Bangladesh, a chicken, a pineapple and a banana. The word `Bangladesh` and the face value in figures and in full
Reverse script Bengali
Reverse lettering বাংলাদেশ ১৯৭৭ পঞ্চাশ ৫০ পয়সা
(Translation: Bangladesh 1977 Fifty 50 Poisha)
Edge Reeded
Mint
Mintage 1977 - ১৯৭৭; Royal Canadian Mint - 12 700 000
1978 - ১৯৭৮; Royal Canadian Mint - 37 300 000
1979 - ১৯৭৯; Royal Candian Mint - 2 208 000
1980 - ১৯৮০ - 124 512 000
1981 - ১৯৮১ (Never Minted) - 36 680 000
1983 - ১৯৮৩ - 31 392 000
1984 - ১৯৮৪ - 168 608 000
1994 - ১৯৯৪ -
Numisquare ID 3380255940
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