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50 Escudos FAO, Gold
| Issuer | Banco de Cabo Verde |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Diameter | 34 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central design features a sargo fish (white seabream, Diplodus sargus cabrerae), a species indigenous to Cape Verdean waters, rendered in fine detail as a tribute to the local marine fauna. The FAO World Fishing Conference legend 'FAO CONFERENCIA MUNDIAL DE PESCA' arcs along the upper periphery, while 'SARGO DE CABO VERDE' and the date range '1983-84' appear in the lower field. The composition commemorates the FAO World Fishing Conference and highlights the ecological and economic importance of fisheries to the Cape Verde archipelago. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The FAO coin program, launched in the 1960s, commissioned member nations to strike issues whose designs promoted food security and agricultural development — a diplomatic project as much as a numismatic one. Cape Verde, independent from Portugal only since 1975, used the program to assert institutional presence on the world stage while the country was still building its central banking infrastructure from scratch.
KM#22 exists in three metal variants; the gold .917 strikes were produced in sharply limited quantities intended for collector and diplomatic distribution rather than circulation.