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4 Dollars - Elizabeth II FAO

Issuer Saint Kitts and Nevis
Year 1970
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Currency East Caribbean Dollar (1965-date)
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Obverse script Latin
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Reverse lettering GROW MORE FOOD FOR MANKIND 4 DOLLARS
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Saint Kitts and Nevis issued this piece as part of the FAO coinage program, a United Nations initiative launched in the late 1960s to promote food production and agricultural awareness across developing nations. Dozens of countries participated, often issuing coins that would otherwise never have been struck — Saint Kitts had no independent coinage tradition of its own at this point, still operating under the Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority. The 4-dollar denomination is an unusual choice, neither a round local unit nor a convenient fraction of sterling.