New circulating commemorative:
This is probably the first coin issued by an Islamic country bearing a woman's image as independent effigy.
(image taken from eBay)
(information by Pabitra Saha)
LINK: State Bank of Pakistan
SPECIFICATIONS
Material: CuNi
Weight: 8.25 g
Diameter: 27.50 mm
Mintage: 300,000
Tunisian 1 Dinar and 1/2 Dinar coins have an effigy of a woman, and 50 piastre from Egypt has Nefertiti as effigy.
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