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5 Centavos FAO
| Issuer | Brazil |
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| Year | 1975-1978 |
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| Composition | Stainless steel |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust of the allegorical effigy of the Republic, rendered with flowing wavy hair and classical features. The country name BRASIL appears in an arc along the left rim, flanked by two five-pointed stars positioned at the top and bottom of the field. The portrait is executed in a neoclassical style with fine relief detail on the hair and drapery. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This piece was issued as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization coin program, which encouraged member nations to mint circulating coinage carrying agricultural themes as a form of public awareness campaign during the mid-1970s food crisis. Brazil's participation aligned with the military government's concurrent push to expand domestic agricultural output — the country was aggressively developing the Cerrado region during these same years, a project that would eventually make Brazil one of the world's largest soybean exporters.