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50 Ngwee FAO
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel) |
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| Reverse description | A centrally positioned ear of maize, shown with detailed kernel rows and partially opened husk, serves as the principal device, symbolising agricultural development in the spirit of the FAO campaign. The numeral 50 appears prominently to the left of the maize, while the denomination in words FIFTY NGWEE is inscribed to the right. The legend GROW MORE FOOD curves along the upper periphery and FOR MANKIND runs along the lower periphery, together forming the FAO programme motto. |
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| Reverse lettering | GROW MORE FOOD 50 FIFTY NGWEE FOR MANKIND |
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The 1972 50 Ngwee was struck as part of the FAO's broader campaign to promote agricultural awareness through coinage — a program that enlisted dozens of developing nations throughout the late 1960s and 1970s to mint issues with food and farming themes. Zambia's participation coincided with President Kaunda's push toward agricultural self-sufficiency under his Humanist economic philosophy, which had nationalized the copper industry in 1969 and left the government searching for alternative economic foundations.
Circulation was limited in practice; copper-nickel 50 Ngwee pieces of this period were large enough that many Zambians hoarded rather than spent them.