The Indian five naye paise (Hindi: पाँच नए पैसे) (singular: Paisa), was a unit of currency equaling 1⁄20 of the Indian rupee. The symbol for paisa is p.

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Five naye paise
पाँच नए पैसे

India
Value	1⁄20 of Indian rupee
Mass	4.0 g (62.5 gr)
Diameter	22 mm (0.87 in)
Thickness	1.67 mm (0.066 in)
Edge	Smooth
Composition	Cupronickel
Years of minting	1957–1963
Mintage	4,294,967,295
Mint marks	⧫ = Mumbai B = Mumbai proof issue * = Hyderabad ⟐ = Hyderabad No mark = Kolkata
Circulation	Demonetized
Catalog number	KM# 16
Obverse
Design	State Emblem of India with country name.
Reverse
Design	Face value, year and value in Hindi (रूपये का बीसवाँ भाग; Eng: Twentieth of a rupee)

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Prior to 1957, Indian rupee was not decimalised and the rupee from 1835 to 1957 AD was further divided into 16 annas. Each anna was further divided to four Indian pices and each pice into three Indian pies till 1947 when the pie was demonetized. In 1955, India amended the "Indian Coinage Act" to adopt the metric system for coinage. Paisa coins were introduced in 1957, but from 1957 to 1964 the coin was called "Naya Paisa" (English: New Paisa. Plural: Naye paise). On 1 June 1964, the term "Naya" was dropped and the denomination was simply called "One paisa" (or paise for denomination greater than one). Paisa coins were issued as a part of "The Decimal Series".^[1][2][3]

Five naye paise coins were minted from 1957 to 1963 at the India Government mint in Bombay (present day Mumbai) and borne ⧫ (small dot/diamond) symbol mint mark. Five naye paise coins have been demonetized.^[3][4]

• Indian paisa