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1 Escudo FAO
| Issuer | Banco de Cabo Verde |
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| Year | 1977-1980 |
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| Composition | Nickel brass |
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| Reverse description | A student seated in profile view to the left is depicted in the central field, shown writing or studying at a desk with a pen in hand, evoking the FAO literacy and education campaign theme. The figure is rendered in bold relief against a plain field. The legend 'ESTUDAR APRENDER SEMPRE' (Study, Learn Always) arcs around the upper periphery of the coin in large incuse lettering, referencing the FAO's promotion of universal education. |
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| Mintage | 1977 - - 1,000,000 1980 - - |
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Cape Verde's FAO coinage was issued as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's global "Food for All" campaign, which prompted dozens of newly independent nations to mint thematic low-denomination coins during the 1970s. Cape Verde had declared independence from Portugal only in July 1975, making this among the earliest coinage issued under the new republic's own banking authority.
The FAO series gave the fledgling Banco de Cabo Verde a practical excuse to mint circulating coinage quickly, with an internationally recognized thematic justification behind it.