| Issuer | Bangladesh |
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| Year | 1977-1994 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
| Value | 5 Poisha |
| Currency | Taka (1972-date) |
| Composition | Aluminium (97.2% Aluminium, 2.8% Magnesium) |
| Weight | 1.4 g |
| Diameter | |
| Thickness | 1.62 mm |
| Shape | Square with rounded corners |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#10, Schön#10 |
| Obverse description | The National Emblem of Bangladesh (a water lily bordered on two sides by rice sheaves and a three-leaf clover of tea leaves above and four stars representing the four principles of the first constitution of Bangladesh in 1972: nationalism, secularism, socialism, and democracy) |
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| Obverse script | |
| Obverse lettering | |
| Reverse description | A gear, a swing plow and a tractor pulling a plow with the country name above and the denomination above the date to the right and the face value below |
| Reverse script | Bengali |
| Reverse lettering | বাংলাদেশ ৫ ১৯৯৪ পাঁচ পয়সা (Translation: Bangladesh 5 1994 Five Poisha) |
| Edge | Smooth |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | 1977 - ১৯৭৭; Royal Canadian Mint - 90 000 000 1978 - ১৯৭৮; Royal Canadian Mint - 52 432 000 1979 - ১৯৭৯; Royal Canadian Mint - 120 096 000 1980 - ১৯৮০ - 127 008 000 1981 - ১৯৮১ (Never Minted) - 72 992 000 1994 - ১৯৯৪ - |
| Numisquare ID | 3518590190 |
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