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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26608472, member: 10461&quot;]<b><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Tanzania: 1972 copper-nickel 5-shilingi, United Nations F.A.O. issue</font></font></b></b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS MS63.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681949" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681949" rel="nofollow">Cert. #37681949</a>.&nbsp; The sole certified example as of 2025.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://en.numista.com/8233" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/8233" rel="nofollow">Numista-8233</a>.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/tanzania-5-shilingi-km-6-1972-1980-cuid-1086406-duid-1519871" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/tanzania-5-shilingi-km-6-1972-1980-cuid-1086406-duid-1519871" rel="nofollow">Krause-Mishler-6</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Diameter: 31.5 mm (decagonal- 10-sided).&nbsp; Weight: 13.8 g.&nbsp; Mintage: 8,000,000.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This issue is part of the massive output of commemorative coins of various nations that were produced in partnership with the United Nations <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization" rel="nofollow">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> (FAO).&nbsp; The collecting of FAO coins is a popular specialty.&nbsp; This Tanzanian design shows staple food items: cereal crops, bananas, corn (maize), and a cow on the reverse.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Some may wonder why I spent nearly fifty dollars to certify this piece, which was worth only about three dollars as of the time I discovered it in a bulk bag of world coins.&nbsp; I was pleased to find one, let alone a Mint State example, in that bulk lot.&nbsp; You see, I lived in Tanzania in 1972 as a child, and for my first allowance, my parents would give me one of these coins every week if I had been well-behaved.&nbsp; I recall buying a model airplane kit with one.&nbsp; So this coin was added to the collection for purely sentimental reasons.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">As of 2025 this coin remains the top-population example at PCGS- in fact, the sole certified example in any grade- simply by virtue of the fact that nobody else has bothered to submit one.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-bulk bag find; source lot from WNC Coins, LLC.&nbsp; Purchased raw.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1696115[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1696116[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1696118[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1696119[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: #ffffff">005010</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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