RARE World's 1st & Only FAO UN Food Management Banknote Jamaica 1973 Dollars

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RARE World's First and Only FAO United Nations Food Management Banknote Jamaica 1973 Dollars
The FAO is part of the United Nations and has worked with over 100 different nations since the 1960s to produce circulating and commemorative coins that encourage good food management. But there is only ONE FAO banknote, produced in 1973 by Jamaica.
The Food and Agriculture Organization had found great success with its coin, medal and stamp series. In the War on Hunger, coins make powerful weapons. This was an experiment to see if banknotes could continue the success of the program.
The original idea was to ask world nations to coin circulation issues with “Grow More Food” themes. As more and more countries mint one or more coins with FAO slogans, the pocket change messages continually encourage people to think about ways that they can increase food production. The coins feature scenes of planting and harvest, food plants from rice to palm trees, animal management and even breastfeeding mothers and their babies.
Selling compilation albums of these fascinating circulation, commemorative and pattern coins to collectors around the world also raised funds for other FAO programs. To date, more than 4 billion coins have been issued.
FAO album number three, called “The Green Album,” is the one with the banknote. It also has 31 coins from nations like Vietnam, Honduras, Egypt, San Marino, Panama, and Swaziland. It’s original issue price was back in 1975. Today it sells at auction for much more. But you don’t have to buy the album to get the banknote because you can buy it here as a stand-alone.
There are half a dozen varieties of this Jamaican note. The FAO version is the toughest to find. ALL Jamaican FAO notes will have signature number 4, that of  G. Arthur Brown. The serial number should be black in color.
The other major differences in this variety is a serial prefix of “FA” and the numeral zero, which looks a lot like “FAO,” and the addition of wording on the reverse that reads, “Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948- 10 December – 1973, Toward Food Education Employment for All  Articles 23-26.”
Condition: As you can see in photos, this rare note has a few light creases.
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