Five paisa, the Bangladeshi five paisa coin, was first minted in aluminum in 1973. The obverse depicts a plow with the inscriptions "Bangladesh" written above and "Five Paisa" written below.^[1] The coin weighs 1.4 grams, has a diameter of 22 millimeters, and a thickness of 1.93 millimeters. The edges of the coin are smooth, and the shape is rounded with no prominent square shape.^[2]

Until the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, the Pakistani Rupee was used in Bangladesh. After gaining independence, the first Bangladeshi currency was issued on March 4, 1972.^[3] The official currency was named taka, later represented with the symbol "৳". The minimum unit of money fixed at one rupee, while fractional portions of one taka were referred to as paisa.^[3][4]

In 1973, the Bangladeshi government began circulating 5, 10, 25, and 50 paisa coins. After 1973, five paisa coins were re-issued in 1974-1975, 1977-1979, and 1994.^[1]

• Bangladeshi taka
• Economy of Bangladesh
• Paisa
• History of the taka