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5 Pesos FAO
| Issuer | Banco Nacional da Guiné-Bissau |
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| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DA GUINÉ-BISSAU UNIDADE LUTA PROGRESSO * 1977 * |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 PESOS |
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Guiné-Bissau achieved independence from Portugal in September 1974 after eleven years of armed struggle led by the PAIGC, and this 1977 issue was struck just three years into that independence — part of the country's first sovereign coinage series. The FAO designation ties it to a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization campaign encouraging member states to promote food security themes on circulating coinage, a program that produced an oddly diverse body of numismatic material across dozens of newly independent nations through the 1970s.
The Banco Nacional da Guiné-Bissau itself was established only in 1975, replacing the Portuguese-controlled Banco Nacional Ultramarino. This coin predates the country's catastrophic 1980 coup by just three years.