Algeria 1974 5 centimes

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued by Algeria as part of the F.A.O. series. It commemorates the second four-year food plan of 1974-77 (the first was noted on a five centimes of 1970, KM 101). Grandiose central plans were beloved by authoritarian regimes in the sixties and seventies which modeled themselves on Soviet economics. Generally, the legacy of such plans was unserviceable debts and wasted effort.

Recorded mintage: 10,000,000.

Specification: aluminum.

Catalog reference: KM 106.

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 20 centimes
• Algeria 1973 50 centimes
• Algeria 1974 5 dinars
• Morocco 1974 5 santimat
• Coins and currency dated 1974
• return to coins of Algeria