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50 Escudos FAO
| Issuer | Banco de Cabo Verde |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Weight | 16 g |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed, naturalistic relief of a sheepshead bream (Sargo, Diplodus sargus), the emblematic fish of Cape Verdean waters, is depicted in left profile at centre, its scales, fins, and characteristic vertical body markings rendered with fine engraving. Stylised wavy lines representing water fill the field above and below the fish. The legend FAO CONFERENCIA MUNDIAL DE PESCA curves along the upper periphery, while the dates 1983-84 appear in large numerals at the lower field. The species name SARGO DE CABO VERDE is inscribed in small letters beneath the fish, identifying the subject in the exergual area. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued under the FAO coin program, which ran from the late 1960s through the 1980s as a United Nations-backed initiative to promote agricultural awareness through circulating coinage. Cape Verde, independent from Portugal only since 1975, was still restructuring its monetary institutions when this piece was struck — the Banco de Cabo Verde itself had been established just the year prior to independence. FAO issues from small post-colonial states in this period were frequently struck in limited quantities and saw minimal actual circulation, distributed largely to collectors and foreign institutions rather than domestic commerce.