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  • 5 Paisa 1974-1981, KM# 35, Pakistan, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  • 5 Paisa 1974-1981, KM# 35, Pakistan, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Obverse

Crescent and Star behind the Minar-e-Pakistan, with "Government of Pakistan" written above in Urdu, and date below.

Minar-e-Pakistan (Urdu: مینارِ پاکستان‎) is a national monument located in Lahore, Pakistan. The tower was built between 1960 and 1968 on the site where the All-India Muslim League passed the Lahore Resolution on 23 March 1940 - the first official call for a separate and independent homeland for the Muslims of British India, as espoused by the two-nation theory. The resolution eventually helped lead to the emergence of an independent Pakistani state in 1947.

The star and crescent is an iconographic symbol used in various historical contexts but most well known today as a symbol of the former Ottoman Empire and, by popular extension, the Islamic world. It appears on the national flag and state emblem of Pakistan.

حكومت پاکستان
1974

Reverse

Value within sugarcane flanked by stars.

پــیـداواربڑهاٴو
5
پيسه

Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Aluminium
Weight 1.25 g
Diameter 21 mm
Width -
Height -
Thickness 1.3 mm
Shape square
Alignment Medal
Alt # KM# MS5
Mint
Pakistan Mint

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