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5 Senti FAO
| Issuer | Somalia |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral '5' dominates the upper field, flanked to the left by the word 'senti' in Latin script and to the right by its Arabic equivalent 'سنت'. Below the denomination, the date '1976' appears in Western numerals to the left and in Eastern Arabic-Indic numerals '١٩٧٦' to the right. The lower portion of the field features a FAO-themed harvest composition consisting of an ear of maize to the left, a bunch of fruit at centre, and two wheat stalks to the right, symbolising agricultural abundance. |
| Reverse script | Latin/Arabic |
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Issued as part of the FAO's "Food for All" campaign, this piece belongs to a wave of small-denomination coinage produced across developing nations in the 1970s at the UN agency's direct request — Somalia among dozens of countries that struck dedicated FAO issues during this period. The light aluminium-magnesium alloy was a practical choice for a denomination whose face value barely justified the cost of a heavier metal.