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150 Pula Year of Disabled Persons, Piedfort
| Issuer | Bank of Botswana |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | BOTSWANA 1981 IPELEGENG |
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Piedfort coins — struck at twice the normal planchet thickness — were a French medieval invention revived in the 20th century primarily by European mints as proof-quality collector pieces. Botswana's adoption of the format for this issue, tied to the United Nations' 1981 International Year of Disabled Persons, placed a small southern African nation alongside the Royal Mint and Monnaie de Paris in issuing pieforts of consequence.
The UN designation itself emerged from a 1976 General Assembly resolution, with 1981 chosen as the focal year for global awareness programs. Botswana's gold piedfort — catalogued as KM#P2, suggesting an early and limited piedfort program from the Bank of Botswana — would have been produced in very small quantities, almost certainly for diplomatic gift sets and specialist collectors rather than any retail market.