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2 1/2 Pesos FAO
| Issuer | Banco Nacional da Guiné-Bissau |
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| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Guinea-Bissau occupy the central field, consisting of a stylised fan shell at the base surmounted by a crossed arrangement of fronds, above which rises a five-pointed star. A ribbon wrapping the lower portion of the arms bears the national motto in three segments: UNIDADE, LUTA, and PROGRESSO. The circumferential legend REPÚBLICA DA GUINÉ-BISSAU arcs around the upper periphery in capital Latin characters, while the date 1977 appears in the lower field flanked by two small five-pointed stars. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DA GUINÉ-BISSAU UNIDADE LUTA PROGRESSO * 1977 * |
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Guinea-Bissau gained independence from Portugal in September 1974 after an eleven-year armed struggle led by the PAIGC, and the new nation replaced the escudo with the peso in 1975. This FAO issue was struck two years later as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's global coin program, which commissioned developing nations to produce circulating commemoratives promoting agricultural self-sufficiency — a pointed message for a country whose economy was almost entirely dependent on cashew and groundnut exports.