Catalog
5 Denari FAO
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Thickness | 1.8 mm |
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| Reverse description | The oval FAO emblem, featuring a stylised wheat sheaf with the letters F, A, and O and the motto FIAT PANIS inscribed within, occupies the upper centre of the field. The commemorative dates 1945–1995 marking the 50th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization arc below the emblem. The large numeral 5 dominates the lower centre of the field, flanked by the denomination in Cyrillic ДЕНАРИ to the left and DENARS in Latin to the right. The bilingual motto ЛЕБ ЗА СИТЕ and FIAT PANIS arcs around the upper periphery, separated by a dotted inner border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Issued as part of the FAO's series encouraging agricultural self-sufficiency in developing nations, this coin appeared just four years after Macedonia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 — a period when the country faced a Greek trade embargo over the dispute about its constitutional name. The embargo, which ran from 1994 to 1995, severely disrupted the Macedonian economy and made the FAO's food security messaging unusually pointed for this particular issue.