Issued as part of the FAO coin program, which recruited national mints worldwide to strike agricultural-themed coinage in support of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's development initiatives. Seychelles joined the program shortly before formal independence from Britain in 1976, and this 1977 piece falls in the immediate post-independence period when the new Central Bank was establishing its own issuing identity.
The FAO series for Seychelles is a short run, making complete type sets harder to assemble than mintage figures alone suggest.
Issued as part of the FAO coin program, which recruited national mints worldwide to strike agricultural-themed coinage in support of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's development initiatives. Seychelles joined the program shortly before formal independence from Britain in 1976, and this 1977 piece falls in the immediate post-independence period when the new Central Bank was establishing its own issuing identity.
The FAO series for Seychelles is a short run, making complete type sets harder to assemble than mintage figures alone suggest.