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20 Rufiyaa IYC
| Issuer | Maldives Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 1979 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES ދިވެހި ރާއްޖޭ ١٣٩٩ - 1979 (Translation: Republic of Maldives 1399-1979) |
| Reverse description | Three children depicted in the central field in a naturalistic style: a girl with braided hair holding a jump rope at left, a toddler seated at centre grasping the hands of the other children, and a standing boy at right. The UNICEF International Year of the Child emblem — a stylised figure of a child within olive branches — appears in the upper centre of the field. The curved legend INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD arcs along the upper periphery, with the denomination RUFIYAA 20 inscribed along the lower left and bottom. The Thaana script equivalent of the denomination appears vertically along the right field. |
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Issued to mark the International Year of the Child, a UN initiative that ran concurrently with the drafting of the Convention on the Rights of the Child — though the Convention itself wouldn't be adopted until 1989. The Maldives was among dozens of nations that struck commemorative silver pieces for IYC 1979, most produced in relatively small quantities for collector sale rather than circulation.
The .925 silver specification aligns with the Franklin Mint production standards common to many IYC issues of this period, suggesting contract minting was likely involved.