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This is the 1976 FAO: Food And Work For All 10 Rupee Cu-Ni Unc Coin This coin was minted by Bombay Mint. This development oriented coin on the theme “FOOD & WORK FOR ALL” was issued in India on 16th August, 1976. 4 coins were issued on this theme : 10 paise and 5paisa coin were issued for general circulation and the 10 rupees (Cu-Ni - 39mm) & 50 rupees(S50-44mm) coins were issued as uncirculated / proof specimens. These coins were released when India was striving hard in all aspects of human development and the focus was more on the basic needs like food,shelter and all. Many coins minted during this period had agriculture and farming related themes as we wanted to gain self sufficiency in food production The obverse (First Image) of this coin shows a Tractor at the center of the lower fore ground and a power transmission tower – with a Office building and a Factory on either side, in the upper back ground. The two ears of wheat crops can also be seen around Tractor and Tower .In India Tractor is used for ploughing fields to give us food and Tower signifies we have eletricity to run our factories. The legend “FOOD & WORK FOR ALL” and ‘1976’ – the year of issue, in English is inscribed on the right half of the periphery and “Sabke Liye Anaz Aur Kam”, in Hindi around the left half of the periphery. As it was minted by Bombay Mint so you can see Diamond Symbol below the date 1976 Below is the image of my Proof Toned Coin

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1970 India FAO-Food For All 10 Rupee Silver BU This coin was issued to focus on the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the setting up of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) which was formed in 1945, soon after the end of World War II. The date of issue on this coin was 16th October 1970 i.e. the silver jubilee of the date of formation of the FAO. (It may be worth noting here, that 16th October is celebrated every year as the World Food Day from the year 1981 onwards and several coins have been issued by Indian mints on various occasions to focus on the importance of more food production and caring for the environment). Also, in 1995, a coin in the five rupee denomination was issued to celebrate the Golden Jubilee - 50 years of existence of the FAO.See here http://myindiancoins.blogspot.com/2010/09/5-rupee-food-for-all.html The Second Image (Obverse ) shows the Lion Capital with the numeral "10" below it, and the words "Bharat" and "rupee" in Hindi on the left flank and "India" and "rupee" on the right flank.of the Lion Capital. There is also a Diamond Symbol below 10 indicating Bombay Mint Reverse (First Image) of the coin showing a Lotus in full bloom in a water body with two ears of wheat flanking the lotus flower on either side(Lotus is the National Flower of India) and the symbolism here appears to show , that the Indian Nation is" blossoming into its full glory/potential" particularly in the matter of food production. The legend "Food for All" in English and "Sabke liye Anaaj" in Hindi appears on the bottom portion of the coin. The creators of this coin have given a preference to placing the message in English before Hindi on this coin, as against the normal practice of giving precedence to Hindi , the official language of India (in deference to the World-wide nature of this message/celebration of the silver jubilee of the FAO ?) The coin minted at Calcutta (Kolkata) mint has no mint mark below the year of issue - 1970) Below is the image of my another BU Coin of above coin

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