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tampabaygrampa Valued Member United States 408 Posts	Posted 05/08/2009 8:11 pm A friend found a Somalia 5 shilling in circulation in Tampa. It was mistaken for a US 5 cent piece. They are about the same size. What is interesting is one side of the coin has a elephant on it and the wording "XXI CENTURY.2000.FOOD SECURITY" Anyone have a idea on the origin of "food security"? Nice looking coin. Thanks, Jim Report this Post to the Staff

wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 05/08/2009 8:15 pm It's usually a coin for FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, which you can read more about here http://www.fao.org/ Many countries usually put out FAO coins, and they all say XXI CENTURY.2000.FOOD SECURITY. I'll show you two of mine when I can pull them out of the bucket. Here you go: 50000 lire from Turkey and 1 Chon from North Korea. What I've found is that most of these FAO issues are on coins that have little nominal value... Edited by wd1040 05/08/2009 8:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff
tampabaygrampa Valued Member United States 408 Posts	Posted 05/08/2009 9:30 pm Excellent information. Indeed it has FAO on the bottom. Thanks wd1040. Report this Post to the Staff
cownas22 Pillar of the Community United States 1055 Posts	Posted 05/10/2009 5:49 pm It is amazing to me that you found a Somalia 5 Shillings in circulation in the US! That is a great find. As WD said many countries put these coins out with FAO some coins will say make more food or grow more crops to raise awareness within the country. Report this Post to the Staff
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