100 Rupees International Year of the Child- Piedfort

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.