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1 Peso Boliviano FAO
| Issuer | Banco Central de Bolivia |
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| Year | 1968 |
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| Currency | Peso boliviano (1963-1986) |
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| Reverse description | The denomination UN PESO BOLIVIANO and monetary value $b.1.- are inscribed prominently across the upper portion of the reverse field, with the date 16-10-68 referencing World Food Day (16 October 1968) centered below. The FAO anti-hunger slogan GUERRA CONTRA EL HAMBRE is inscribed along the lower portion of the field, referencing the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization campaign. The design is rendered in a plain, typographic style with no additional pictorial elements. The overall composition reflects the coin's issuance as part of the FAO commemorative series. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This coin was struck as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's coin program, which ran through the late 1960s and 1970s and encouraged member nations to issue circulating currency promoting agricultural development. Bolivia's participation reflected the country's ongoing struggles with rural poverty and food insecurity in the altiplano and lowland regions — problems the military government of René Barrientos was under international pressure to address.
The FAO program deliberately targeted circulating denominations so the message reached ordinary users, not collectors.