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  • 100 Lire 1995, KM# 180, Italy, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 50th Anniversary of the FAO
  • 100 Lire 1995, KM# 180, Italy, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 50th Anniversary of the FAO
Description

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate arguments and debate policy.

Engraver: Laura Cretara

Obverse

Female head with towered crown facing left, hair swathed in fabric, surrounded by the country name. Two stars below neck cut with the name of the engraver on the right.

REPVBBLICA ITALIANA
★★ L CRETARA

Reverse

FAO emblem stylized as North Pole of a globe; mintmark (R), value and an olive sprig below.

F A O
FIAT PANIS
1945-1995
R
100
LIRE

Edge

Four segments of reeding with a plain edge in between.

100 Lire

Italia Turrita
KM# 180 Schön# 176
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Cupronickel
Weight 4.53 g
Diameter 22 mm
Thickness 1.6 mm
Shape round
Alignment Coin
Mint
Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute (IPZS)

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