F.A.O. Coins

[Nighthawk]

I recently picked up some F.A.O. (Food and Agriculture Organization) coins and thought I would share them with you. These coins from Pakistan were minted for a few years back in the mid-70's to the 80's.   

[Nighthawk]

A couple of F.A.O. coins from Egypt: 5 Milliemes, 1973, and it's big sister, 1 Pound (.720 silver  ), 1973 as well. Both coins are 1 year types.   

[Nighthawk]

Reverse of 1973 F.A.O. Egyptian 1 Pound. 

[triggersmob]

Nice coins, John.

Thanks for showing them.

[S.George]

 

Sir Nighthawk:

Nice coins., of F.A.O.,   India has also issued several FAO coins.

Interested Members can contact me.

George

[Nighthawk]

More F.A.O. coins, all one year types: Honduras, Saudi Arabia, Viet Nam-South. 

[Nighthawk]

Reverse of coins   

[templar]

   PLEASE EXPLAIN FAO TO ME---IT IS A TERM I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH

                THANKS--THE TEMPLAR

[ElleKitty]

F.A.O is part of the United Nations, the Food and Agriculture Organization.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information, and helps developing countries and countries in transition modernise and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices, ensuring good nutrition and food security for all. Its Latin motto, fiat panis, translates into English as "let there be bread". As of 8 August 2008[update], FAO has 191 members states along with the European Community and the Faroe Islands, which are associate members

In 1968, the F.A.O. started a “Money and Medals” program to help spread its message of the urgent need to increase food and agricultural production. Since this time, hundreds of different coins throughout the world have been issued to spread the message and has also created a unique world coin type set for collectors.

To date there have been more than 600 coins. Even though it is a modern set, it’s far from being an affordable set for most collectors. F.A.O. coins come in all shapes, sizes, denominations, and compositions (including gold).

[Nighthawk]

Thank you Miss Kitty for the info. I do appreciate it. Now back to the coins: Bangladesh, 1974. All coins are multi-year issues (meaning they were issued for more than 1 year)   

[Nighthawk]

The common obverse of the Bangladesh coins.   

[Nighthawk]

Gambia, Indonesia, and Panama.  The Indonesian 5-Rupiah is a 1 year type; the Gambia and Panama coins are multi-year issues.   

[templar]

THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION---UNTIL TODAY I DON'T THINK I HAD EVER SEEN ONE OR HEARD OF THE ORGANIZATION---MARTHA STEWART WAS RIGHT "YOU CAN LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY"
             YOUR  SERVANT---THE TEMPLAR

[Nevol]

I have some FAO coins from Fiji:
1977 1¢
1981 1¢
1982 1¢
1979 50¢
1995 5¢
The 5¢ is the only one that has the official FAO logo on it, but the others are all on the FAO list.

[Nighthawk]

F.A.O. coins from Algeria and Saudi Arabia (all 1 year types)