10 Rupees - Elizabeth II FAO - World Food Day

The FAO World Food Day series of 1981 was struck across dozens of participating nations to mark the first official observance of October 16th as World Food Day — itself only established by the UN in 1979. Mauritius joined a coordinated international minting effort that produced commemorative issues in silver and base metal simultaneously, aimed partly at collector markets to generate foreign exchange revenue for developing member states.

The .925 silver issue was produced in limited numbers for the collector trade, while a cupro-nickel equivalent circulated domestically.