10 złotych POLAND (1971) FAO

10 złotych 1971 FAO - Polish coins (PRL)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
28.0 mm	9.5 g	2.15 mm	CuNi

obverse:

eagle - Coat of Arms in a shield; below year of issue: 1971; along the top edge: POLSKA • RZECZPOSPOLITA • LUDOWA • (People's Republic of Poland); along the bottom edge face value: 10 ZŁOTYCH

reverse:

in the centre cereal ear, in the background flatfish flounder; lower in the right in two lines: FIAT / PANIS (Let there be bread); along the edge: FAO

edge:

reeded

issue date:

4 IX 1971

withdrawal date:

1 I 1978

designer:

Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz

mint:

Mennica Państwowa (The State Mint), Warsaw (mint mark on the obverse under eagle's left foot)

mintage:

1971

2 000 000

interesting facts:

"Fiat Panis" (Latin for "let there be bread") is the official motto of Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.

FAO's emblem.

last update: 25 I 2013

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