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100 Rupees International Year of the Child- Piedfort
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Weight | 58.39 g |
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| Reverse description | A stylised composition of traditional Indian performing arts occupies the central field, featuring a female dancer in full classical attire at centre, surrounded by three musicians playing a sitar, a veena, and a tabla drum. The UNICEF International Year of the Child logo appears to the upper left and the IYC emblem to the right. The Devanagari legend 'अन्तरराष्ट्रीय बाल वर्ष' curves along the upper periphery, while 'INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD' is inscribed in Latin script along the lower periphery, with the date '1981' in the exergue and a small mint mark at the bottom. |
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| Reverse lettering | अन्तरराष्ट्रीय बाल वर्ष 1981 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD |
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India's piedfort commemoratives of this period were struck in extremely limited numbers, intended almost entirely for presentation sets and diplomatic gifts rather than collector retail. The International Year of the Child designation came from the United Nations' 1979 initiative — this coin postdates that year by two, which was not unusual for Indian commemorative production schedules that routinely lagged the events they honored.
Piedforts at double the standard flan thickness were a deliberate prestige format borrowed from French minting tradition. KM#P1 designation confirms this as the first catalogued piedfort in the Reserve Bank's modern commemorative program.