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).
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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