1976 Five paisa coin

The  five paisa coin of 1976 was a Aluminum series coin with less text.The coin was a mixture of Aluminum and magnesium.This type of coin was first issued in 1972 and it was continued minting till 1984.The coin was square in shape and the diagonal lenght was 22mm.On one side 5 paisa  was inscribed the word paisa was written in Hindi as well as in English and on the other side "Bharat" and "India" was inscribed along with the Ashoka Sthamba .A dot is also present below the 7 of 1976 this signifies it is from the Bombay mint. The Bombay Mint has a small dot or diamond mint mark under Date of the Coin.The weight of this coin is 1.5 gram.

Old 5 paisa of India(1967)

The five paisa was first struck in 1957 in copper and nickel .It was the "Naya Paisa" series coin with the word "नये पैसे " written over it .In the brief period from 1964 the term "Naye Paise"was dropped from the Nickel-copper series coin.In all the five paisa coin struck in Aluminium after 1966 the word "Naye Paise " was replaced by "paanch paise" .The 5 paisa coin was struck in Aluminium-Magnesium and weighted 1.5 g and was square in shape and its diagonal measured 22mm. and on one side "रूपये का बी सवा भाग " ,"20th part of an Rupee" was written along with the denomination .Nothing is written in english on this side and on the reverse side Ashoka Sthamba is inscribed along with the word "Bharat " and "India".