Syria's 1976 FAO coinage was part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's global program that encouraged member states to mint coins carrying agricultural themes as a form of public awareness — effectively using circulating currency as propaganda for food security initiatives. Dozens of countries participated through the 1970s, and Syria issued this piece during a period of Ba'athist economic policy heavily oriented toward agrarian self-sufficiency under Hafez al-Assad's government.
KM#113 is frequently encountered in uncirculated condition, suggesting either limited actual circulation or careful hoarding at issue.
Syria's 1976 FAO coinage was part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's global program that encouraged member states to mint coins carrying agricultural themes as a form of public awareness — effectively using circulating currency as propaganda for food security initiatives. Dozens of countries participated through the 1970s, and Syria issued this piece during a period of Ba'athist economic policy heavily oriented toward agrarian self-sufficiency under Hafez al-Assad's government.
KM#113 is frequently encountered in uncirculated condition, suggesting either limited actual circulation or careful hoarding at issue.