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New Member
United States
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After searching on and off for MONTHS, Googling, etc. looks like I might have found a site and forum to get some info I've been looking for for a long time. I inherited a long time ago many sets of proof and uncirculated books of FAO(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)coins and medals. To make a long story short, I have eight(8) 22mm, 22kt,8+grams each Gold medals. The medals consist of Olave Baden Powell, Angela Christian, Indira Gandhi, Coretta Scott King, Sophia Loren, Sonya Navas, Attiya Inayatullah, and Matsuyo Yamamoto. I have researched, with limited success, to find the mintage numbers on these jewels. I know from that research that they are very, very rare with mintages somewhere below a 1000-worldwide, and have never seen any for sale on ebay,(of which I'm a seller & buyer=sgorem1949. If anyone out there could steer me in the right direction for information, I would appreciate it. I've dawdled with the idea of sending them to NGC for certification, either documented for what they are, or just plain bullion. Thanks in advance, sgore... |
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Valued Member
Israel
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Hello I used to be in charge of the FAO Money and Medal Programme before I retired a couple of years ago. These medals were issued before my time, however I should have some documentation somewhere which I will try to dig out. Meantime here is a good site (not an official FAO site despite its name) where you can find some information about the medals. http://fao-coins.info/Harold |
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Valued Member
Israel
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Valued Member
Israel
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Valued Member
Israel
423 Posts |
Hello Dmitry
Therre is no official current catalogue of FOA coins.
I have an out of date german Catalogue that I could possibly share with you.
Unfortunately there is nobody at FAO dealing with FAO coins now. As a matter of fact FAO have sold all their stock of coins and as far as I know do not intend to continue their coin Programme.
I have a number of duplicates of FAO coins in my own collection and perhaps I can help you with some.
Unfortunately Your Email address is not available on the site (I believe that you need 50 posts before you can display it). You could of course send me an Email.
Harold
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Valued Member
Russian Federation
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Hello, Mr. Harold!
I was carried away by FAO coins and would like to make a catalog of these coins in Russia.
I have not got a very large collection.
I think you will be able to help me
I would like to continue communication with you
Unfortunately I just can not write you on email. : (
I know that nobody allow write email in messages on this forum.
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 United States
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Unfortunately I just can not write you on email And there is a good reason for that. I see no point in any new members needing to e-mail anyone on the forum except to buy/sell/or trade. If you'd like to discuss coins by all means do it here. Outside of that just sit back and enjoy the forum. There are far too many scammers and bots lurking the internet for us to condone members posting their e-mail addresses. |
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Valued Member
Russian Federation
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Hello Mr Harold! There are coins of the Vatican that collectors refer to coins FAO. However, in Krause catalog, these coins are not noted as a series of FAO.
Such as KM # 241 500 Lire. How are they classified?
Regards, Dmitry
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Valued Member
Israel
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Dimitry
From my records here is a complete list of the coins issued by the Vatican as FAO issues.
Vatican City 1 Lira 1968 Aluminum Y# 100
Vatican City 10 Lira 1968 Aluminum Y# 103
Vatican City 10 Lira 1984 Aluminum Y# 177
Vatican City 10 Lira 1992 Aluminum Y# 236
Vatican City 100 Lira 1968 Stainless Steel Y# 106
Vatican City 100 Lira 1975 Stainless Steel Y# 130
Vatican City 100 Lira 1981 Stainless Steel Y# 158
Vatican City 100 Lira 1992 Stainless Steel Y# 239
Vatican City 2 Lira 1968 Aluminum Y# 101
Vatican City 20 Lira 1968 Aluminum-Bronze Y# 104
Vatican City 20 Lira 1992 Aluminum-Bronze Y# 237
Vatican City 200 Lira 1982 Aluminum-Bronze Y# 165
Vatican City 200 Lira 1992 Aluminum-Bronze Y# 240
Vatican City 5 Lira 1968 Aluminum Y# 102
Vatican City 50 Lira 1968 Stainless Steel Y# 105
Vatican City 50 Lira 1992 Stainless Steel Y# 238
Vatican City 500 Lira 1968 Silver Y# 107
Vatican City 500 Lira 1992 Bimetallic: Aluminum-Bronze Stainless Sreel Y# 241
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Valued Member
Russian Federation
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Hello Mr. Harold. These coins belong to the series of FAO? (You did not mention them) Regards, Dmitry.  |
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Valued Member
Russian Federation
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Dear Mr Harold!
In the catalog of Krause coin:
- Vatican City 1984 10 Lira Aluminum Y # 177
- Vatican City 1992 10 Lira Aluminum Y # 236 - are not the FAO.
Are there any documents on which can accurately determine the membership of the coins to a series of FAO?
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Valued Member
Israel
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Hello Dmio
Although Krause lists these coins as FAO series, I have found nothing in the FAO coin records showing these to be FAO coins.
Unfortunately there is no longer anybody at the FAO coin Programme who was there in the early 70's.
I do have the original sale files of FAO and these coins are not on the list.
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New Member
United States
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Hello Angielczyk,
I needed some information , can you please provide me with a complete list of FAO coins that has been released soo far and also the FAO Medals ( including service , ceres , calendars ) . I have a small collection but due to this lack of information , am now stuck . Can you please help me in getting these info ? and also is there any price guide to these FAO coins/Medals that you would suggest . Thanks .
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