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5 Fils FAO; large type

5 Fils (FAO; large type) - obverse5 Fils (FAO; large type) - reverse

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Issuer United Arab Emirates
President Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1971-2004)
Type Circulating commemorative coins
Years 1393-1409 (1973-1989)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 5 Fils
0.05 AED = USD 0.014
Currency Dirham (1973-date)
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.75 g
Diameter 22 mm
Thickness 1.3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Issued 20 May 1973
Number
N#
4290
References KM# 2.1
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Y# 2
Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).
, Schön# 2
Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

Commemorative issue

F.A.O.

Obverse

Denomination in Arabic characters surrounded by name of the country

Scripts: Arabic, Latin

Lettering:
الامارات العربية المتحدة
٥
فلوس
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Translation:
United Arab Emirates
5
Fils

Reverse

Fish (Spangled Emperor or green snapper, Lethrinus nebulosus) swimming to right. Major comercial and sport fishing interest. Lettering around edge, dates below

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
نظافة البحار تعني المزيد من الغذاء للبشر
١٣٩٣ - ١٩٧٣

Translation:
Cleaner seas mean more food for humans
1973-1393

Engraver: Geoffrey Colley

Edge

Plain

Mints

Royal Canadian Mint of Winnipeg, Canada (1976-date)
Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

Comments

Mintage of 4,600,000 according to FAO documents

Mint:
British Royal Mint (1973, 1982 & 1987)
Royal Canadian Mint (1988 & 1989)

1409 (1989) Proof Set (KM#MS1):


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Date Mintage G VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1393 (1973)  11 400 000 $ 0.06 $ 0.23 $ 0.40 $ 0.43 $ 0.47 $ 0.82 $ 0.88 ١٣٩٣ - ١٩٧٣ 74%
1402 (1982)  $ 0.14 $ 0.35 $ 0.35 $ 0.64 $ 0.64 $ 1.50 ١٤٠٢ - ١٩٨٢ 22%
1402 (1982)  ١٤٠٢ - ١٩٨٢ Specimen (Ex King's Norton Mint Collection) 0.7%
1407 (1987)  $ 1.00 ١٤٠٧ - ١٩٨٧ 3%
1408 (1988)  $ 0.30 $ 0.31 ١٤٠٨ - ١٩٨٨ 6%
1408 (1988)  ١٤٠٨ - ١٩٨٨ Proof Sets 0.4%
1409 (1989)  $ 0.35 $ 0.47 $ 0.70 $ 0.97 ١٤٠٩ - ١٩٨٩ 19%
1409 (1989)  ١٤٠٩ - ١٩٨٩ Proof Sets (KM#MS1) 1.2%

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