Algeria 20 Centimes FAO Ram 1987 KM 118 UNC Coin
The Algeria 20 Centimes 1987 KM#118 is a circulating commemorative coin associated with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Its principal motif is the head of a ram, connecting the design with livestock and the coin’s broader theme of developing or increasing animal resources. Numismatic catalogues classify KM#118 specifically as an FAO circulating commemorative rather than an ordinary 20 Centimes issue. Numista
Historical Background
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) was established in 1945 as a United Nations specialised agency concerned with food security, agriculture, nutrition and agricultural development.
Numerous countries participated in FAO-related numismatic programmes during the second half of the 20th century, producing coins connected with agriculture, food production, fisheries and livestock.
Algeria’s 1987 20 Centimes KM#118 focuses specifically on the theme described in catalogues as “Increase of Animal Resources.” Numista
Coin Specifications
- Country: Algeria
- Denomination: 20 Centimes
- Year: 1987
- KM Number: KM#118
- Numista Number: N#3812
- Condition: Uncirculated (UNC)
- Currency: Algerian Dinar (DZD)
- Value: 0.20 Dinar
- Type: Circulating commemorative
- Theme: FAO / Animal Resources / Ram
- Composition: Aluminium bronze
- Weight: 4 g
- Diameter: 22 mm
- Thickness: 1.45 mm
- Shape: Round
- Edge: Plain
- Alignment: Coin alignment
- Status: Demonetised Numista
Obverse
The denomination side features the large numeral 20 inside a circular design.
Arabic inscriptions identify the issuing institution and denomination, including:
البنك المركزي الجزائري — Central Bank of Algeria
سنتيما — Centimes
The denomination-focused composition gives the obverse a simple and highly recognisable appearance. Numista
Reverse
The reverse features the coin’s defining motif: a ram’s head facing left, with the date 1987 positioned beneath it. NGC Coin
The ram directly reflects the issue’s livestock and animal-resource theme.
FAO and the Ram Design
Unlike many Algerian coins that celebrate political history, monuments or native wildlife, KM#118 connects an animal motif with agricultural development.
The ram represents livestock as an economic and food resource, making the coin particularly relevant to collectors specialising in FAO coins, agriculture, sheep and rams on coins, animals on coins and United Nations-related numismatics.
Why Add This Coin to Your Collection?
The Algeria 20 Centimes FAO Ram 1987 KM 118 UNC coin combines several popular collecting themes in a single inexpensive world coin: Algeria, African numismatics, FAO issues, agriculture and animals.
Its golden aluminium-bronze composition also gives it a noticeably different appearance from Algeria’s later stainless-steel wildlife series.
