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.
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.