ISLAMABAD, March 17 (Xinhua) -- In the wake of the golden jubilee of Pakistan's Senate, the upper house of the country's parliament, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday issued a commemorative coin of rupees 50, the SBP said.
"The coin will be issued through the exchange counters of all the field offices of the SBP Banking Services Corporation from March 17," the central bank said in a statement.
The coin is in a round shape milled with a dimension of 30.0 mm and a weight 13.5 grams, and has cupro-nickel metal contents, it added.
The Senate of Pakistan, having equal representatives from all provinces of the country, is a permanent house, symbolizing a process of continuity in national affairs, according to the statement. ■