5 Milliemes FAO

Sudan's 1972–1973 FAO coinage was part of a coordinated United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization program that prompted dozens of countries to mint thematically linked issues simultaneously — a rare instance of supranational numismatic coordination in the postcolonial world. For Sudan specifically, the timing coincided with Nimeiry's government pushing aggressive agricultural self-sufficiency targets following years of civil conflict in the south.

The bronze alloy used here was already becoming economically awkward by the early 1970s as copper prices climbed sharply on world markets — a pressure that would push many issuing nations toward aluminum and steel within the decade.