500 mils CYPRUS (1970) FAO

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
36.15 mm	22.6 g	2.7 mm	CuNi

obverse:

in the centre a double cornucopia; along the left edge in two lines: ΚΥΠΡΟΣ (Cyprus in Greek) / FAO • UN 1945-1970; along the right edge: KIBRIS • CYPRUS (name of the country in Turkish and English); lack of frame at the edge

reverse:

a figure holding basket with fruits over the head; on the right face value: 500 (mils); lack of frame at the edge

edge:

plain

issue date:

1970

withdrawal date:

1 III 1984

designer:

Antis Ioannides

mint:

The Royal Mint, London, United Kingdom

mintage:

1970

80 000

interesting facts:

The obverse of this coin was inspired by coins of Egyptian king Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BC). Below we are presenting golden octadrachma with a double cornucopia on the reverse. On the obverse head of Arisnoe II - wife and sister of Ptolemy.

photo: Warszawskie Centrum Numizmatyczne

The FAO, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, organised in 1968 a program to promote agriculture "Food for All". The result was the issuance coins and postage stamps by dozens of countries around the world as an encouragement to increase food production.

last update: 26 X 2012

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