FAO coins; commemoratives or not? [solved]

How do you know which FAO coins are commemoratives and which aren't? On ngccoin.com it says "Series(: FAO)" with each FAO coin. When a certain coin is a commemorative it says "Subject". Is there something in the Krause catalog about this?

Thanks, Eddie

Quote: EddievBHow do you know which FAO coins are commemoratives and which aren't? On ngccoin.com it says "Series(: FAO)" with each FAO coin. When a certain coin is a commemorative it says "Subject". Is there something in the Krause catalog about this?

Thanks, Eddie

Most FAO coins were circulation coins.  There are a lot f coins which doesnot  have any "FAO" trace on it.  you just  now from some proofs that its FAO.

Also, there are  FAO silver and gold coins.  All  coins which were "0,01 - to 1 Unit " were  circulation coins,  many of "1-to 5" units were  circulation as well, for example, Tanzanian 5  shillings... I dont remember,  all, but  its easy to   separate  circulation  FAO coins from non-circulation commemoratives.
Some commemorative issues were struck  also on circulation units, for example Fisheries on India  ...

just look through some resorces, and you will discover that its too easy separate them.

this one for example, useful link

http://typesets.wikidot.com/fao-coin-photos

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D.

Hi, thanks the FAO Coin Checklist on the link you gave me was of much help to me! The ones with a subject in the list are also the one categorised as commemoratives on ngccoin.com so now I have a full list. Thanks!

Quote: "Dato Mikeladze"​
​Most FAO coins were circulation coins. There are a lot f coins which doesnot have any "FAO" trace on it. you just now from some proofs that its FAO.​
​this one for example, useful link
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​http://typesets.wikidot.com/fao-coin-photos​

So what do you think is a proof that a coin is a FAO coin? What makes a coin a FAO coin, did the FAO pay for it/design it/profit from it? Just because some random site lists it is not that much of a proof.
And what do you say about commemorative? Many commemorative coins are circulation coins too, so coins can be circulating FAO coins, circulating commemorative FAO coins (I don't know the difference), non-circulating commemorative FAO coins...

I came across these two coins. FAO or not?
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2647.html "50 Won (FAO)"
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1653.html "50 Won"
both not marked "commemorative"

commemorative coin is a one, which was issued to underline special date, or person, or sircumstances.

National Banks usually put a report about regular coins. Other coins are commemorative ones. Now many countries issues also commemorative sets. Like Armenia ( 50 drams with trees) , USA ( presidentual dollars...) and many others. Coin type may come in circulation only single year, but anyway might be circulation reguilar one ( for example - South Africa).
Yes, as I know FAO coinage if funded partially or completely by FAO.
FAO( commemorative coins are :
" Decade for Women" series
" Year of CHild" series
"Fischeries Conference"
"FAO 1945 - 1995" and so on.
regular coinage funded by FAO dont counted as commemorative ones just for "FAO" inscription on them.

Circulation commemorative coins are coins of same size and weight and main design as regular coin of same denomination, but which have another theme . Exampls: Italian 200 Lire coins, Russian 10 Rubles bimetallic, US quarters , UAE dirhems, GB pound coins and so on.

Non-circulation commems are coins which were issued ONLY for collectors, and never planned to come in General circulation

Regardin poofs - Yes, somewhere I saw a FAO official coinage review , - and all that coins even without FAO on them are FAO 100%

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David

Quote: "Dato Mikeladze"​commemorative coin is a one, which was issued to underline special date, or person, or sircumstances.
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​​Circulation commemorative coins are coins of same size and weight and main design as regular coin of same denomination, but which have another theme

​but some coins are also commemorative coins without standard coins existing, for example Germany 2 Mark.
So if the Korean 50 Won are "commemorating" FAO, there would be no "standard" 50 Won coin, or the standard coin is a commemorative coin at the same time. But if the first 50 Won coin is a FAO coin, the second one with just a redesigned grain should be too, it would be too strange otherwise.

Or if (imagined) the FAO funded the issue of the coin in 1972, and in following years did not do so, one could call the 1972 coin a (commemorative) FAO coin and the 1973 coin a (non-commemorative) standard coin?