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100 Rufiyaa Disabled Persons, Gold Piedfort
| Issuer | Maldives Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Value | 100 Rufiyaa |
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| Reverse description | The central design features an oval lower field containing multiple figures of persons with various disabilities, including an individual using crutches, a person in a wheelchair, a figure assisted by a carer, and several other standing figures, all rendered in relief. Above this scene, a stylized half globe rendered with meridian and parallel lines arches over the figures, with the emblem of the International Year of Disabled Persons — a circular wreath enclosing a stylized figure — prominently displayed at the apex of the globe. The legend FULL PARTICIPATION & EQUALITY is inscribed around the upper periphery in Latin characters, flanked by asterisks. The denomination 100 RUFIYAA appears along the lower border, with a Dhivehi script inscription at the lower left. |
| Reverse script | Latin/Thaana |
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Piedforts — coins struck at twice the standard planchet thickness — have been used since medieval France as presentation pieces and have enjoyed a collector revival since the 1970s, particularly among Commonwealth and associated monetary authorities issuing limited prestige sets. The Maldives Monetary Authority produced this gold piedfort in conjunction with the International Year of Disabled Persons, the UN-designated observance that ran in 1981 but generated commemorative coinage programs well into the mid-1980s as smaller issuing authorities worked through their minting agreements.
KM#P3 is among the scarcest Maldivian gold issues by surviving population.