Country Denomination Yeardate Metal Diameter Weight Quantity Mint -on Coin in mm in ersBrazil 1 cruzeiro 1979 Stainless 20 2 400,000,000 RiosteelCyprus 500 mils 1978 Cupronickel 22.31 14.14 50,000 LlantrisantEgypt 10 milliemes IIYCl 1979 Brass 2 1 3.2 2,000,000 Cairo5 piastres Cupronickel <strong>25</strong> 4.5 1,000,0001 pound Silver 720 35 15 50,000Fiji 50 cents 1979 Cupronickel 31.51 15.55 800,000? CanberraItaly 100 lire 1979 Chrome-- 27.8 8 100,000,000 RomesteelNepal 10 paise 1979 Aluminium 23 5 2,000,000? Kathm<strong>and</strong>u50 rupees Silver 600 40 <strong>25</strong>.5 20,000?
5. It will be seen on page 2 that we have listed not 18 but 24 coins, of which we willsend out the first 18 to be ready. Because of the better finish, the album will cost moreinitially but, unlike the previous albums, it will be able to hold as many as ten pages, atotal of 60 coins, or what earlier had to be filled in up to two albums or four panels.The first set of three pages with 18 coins should be ready in October, <strong>and</strong> the next twowith 12 coins in December. Meanwhile <strong>Albums</strong> 6 <strong>and</strong> 7, <strong>and</strong> Panels 9-12 of the old series,are sold out.6. U.S. sales: Recently a large number of FA0 Money Panel sets have been sold by a newdistributor, International Coin <strong>and</strong> Currency Inc. IICCII, P.0. Box 218/3, Mile Bridge Road,Montpelier, Vermont 05602, USA - Tel. (8021 223-6331. The ICCI President Dr. Steven ~ochschild,worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania <strong>and</strong> did his doctoral thesis on third worldurban development. ICCI has also prepared an attractive slipcase for the FA0 Money Panels,- to house up to eight panels. The slipcases are available postpaid at $15 for_t_wo, from the- ICCI address above.7. Proofs: In the past, several countries have issued proof versions of the FA0 coins,either in the base metal of the original coin, or in silver. We have only occasionallyincluded such proof quality coins in the general FA0 collections [notably the -coins ofthe Order of Malta, Panama <strong>and</strong> Sudan], referring collectors for other proofs directly tothe issuing Central Bank, or to dealers. In future we will try to h<strong>and</strong>le FA0 pro*of coinsmore systematically, through ICCI in Vermont. Thus ICCI will soon have available silverproofs of the two Turkey 150 lira coins listed above, <strong>and</strong> of the Maldive 5 <strong>and</strong> <strong>25</strong> rupeecoins contained in Album 7/Panel 12.Booklet <strong>and</strong> Posters-- - - - -- -- - ----- 8. Wit-hthis -<strong>Newsletter</strong> WE-~?% -distributing a third-edition of our FA0 Medals booklet,illustrating all the Ceres medals released to date. Also we now have available sixmonocolour versions of the poster illustrated in <strong>Newsletter</strong> 24. The new poster bears atext stressing rural women's advancement,<strong>and</strong> is available in English (green], French [yellowl,German (purple], Italian (pink], Portuguese (blue1 <strong>and</strong> Spanish (brown]. Further editionsare planned in Arabic <strong>and</strong> Chinese. The posters are available free, on request from the FA0Money Office.Projects9. In <strong>Newsletter</strong>s 23 <strong>and</strong> 24 we listed 30 projects financed from the sales proceeds ofthe FA0 Money collections. We have since financed a further five projects, as follows:Colombia Women's participation in rural development 1978/79 $50,000Costa Rica Recipe manual for low-income families 1979 15,927Near East &Sub-regional training centres for the NearNorth AfricaEast-North Africa Regional a ----Agricultural--- -- - - --
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