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10... and 20 Pa'anga Tonga Proof... Set FAO Gold.   |
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Israel
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Germany
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Out of curiosity (I do not specifically collect FAO coins), has the program come to an end? As far as I can tell, the latest (last?) ones were issued roughly 10 years ago.
Christian
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Israel
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list of all FAO coins made. Yes, they were circulated coins.
Ari This is indeed a very comprehensive list but does not include all FAO coins issued. One example that I can think of off hand is the Trinidad and Tobago 1995 $1 silver proof version that only 1000 examples were made and is also not included in Krause. There were also a number of gold coins issued that are not included in the list. Finally not all FAO coins were issued for circulation although the majority were. |
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Out of curiosity (I do not specifically collect FAO coins), has the program come to an end? As far as I can tell, the latest (last?) ones were issued roughly 10 years ago.
Christian
Yes Christian. Unfortunately FAO made a decision a few years ago not to continue with its coin programme |
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Germany
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Thank you for the reply; that is sad indeed. While I focus on different coins, I do have a few FAO pieces, and have always liked the idea that they were both collectibles and awareness raisers ...
Christian
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United States
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United States
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I have only briefly heard of FAO coins. I had no idea that there were so many different countries involved with them. I can see a new set in my collection starting already. I have a couple FAO coins as of right now, purely by chance that I liked the design so I bought them. Thanks for all the information listed on this forum. I enjoyed reading and seeing all the coins and documents.
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United States
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Too bad the U.S. never issued an FAO coin. Wonder if it was ever considered.
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Germany
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Probably not. FAO and the US government ... sore subject. Then again, many other FAO members never issued FAO coins either.
Christian
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Uruguay
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Quote:I was going to bid on this, but figured iy would go ballistic. Only counterstamped FAO, I think. Limited to 500 pieces.  About that Uruguayan coin, originally was minted adhering to FAO program, then on 1987, 2500 coins were counterstamped to celebrate 20 years of Banco Central del Uruguay, using an off center counterstamp; then on 1997, 500 more coins were counterstamped to celebrate 30 years of BCU, this is the coin shown. |
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United States
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I asked a representative from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization about the current status of the Money and Medals programme that got all those countries over the years to put food-related designs on their coinage and medals. The M&M program started in 1968, but I was not sure about when it ended, if it had ended, only rumors that it had stopped. Somebody once told me that it had closed down in 2004.
To find out for sure, I asked the FAO!
Here is the first reply that I got from the FAO:
"Thank you for your interest in FAO and the Money and Medals Programme. I am the only one still working in FAO that worked on for many years with the programme. Unfortunately, it closed down about 7 years ago [that would have been 2011]. FAO is not selling or dealing with any medals or coins."
And then the representative got back to me later after asking around some more:
"Please kindly note I have been informed from the Legal office of the following:
'The Money and Medals Programme has not been actively advertised over the past years, it is our understanding from a review of the records that the Programme has not been officially closed.'"
Well, that clears that up. I guess it hasn't closed down, they just aren't selling numismatics nor promoting the program any more!
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Good update mlov.  |
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