Catalog
5 Dinars Disabled Persons, Piedfort
| Issuer | Central Bank of Libya |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#P1 |
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| Obverse lettering | خمسة دنانير ليبية |
| Reverse description | At center, a globe displaying meridian and latitude lines bears the date 1981 across its face and is encircled by a laurel wreath at its base, the whole framing the Libyan state emblem. A multi-line Arabic legend curves around the upper and lateral fields, referencing the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. A ribbon cartouche at the lower field carries an additional Arabic inscription relating to the commemorative theme. |
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Piedfort coins — struck at twice the normal planchet thickness — were a French minting tradition revived in the modern era largely as collector premiums. Libya's adoption of the format for this disabled persons issue in 1981 is unusual; piedfort production in North African states during this period was rare, and the Central Bank almost certainly contracted European minting facilities to produce it.
The KM#P1 designation confirms this as the first — and possibly only — piedfort in the Libyan series, making comparative population data essentially nonexistent.