Algeria 1972 20 centimes

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued by Algeria as part of the F.A.O. series. It was accompanied by an copper-nickel dinar (KM 104) featuring a tractor and a silver five dinars. The next F.A.O. issue of twenty centimes, in 1975, featured a ram's head (KM 107).

Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.

Specification: 4 g, brass, designed by Mohamed Temmam.

Catalog reference: KM 103.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• Algeria 1972 1 dinar
• Algeria 1972 5 dinars
• Algeria 1974 5 centimes
• Algeria 1975 20 centimes F.A.O.
• Coins and currency dated 1972
• return to coins of Algeria