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5 Liri International Year of Disabled Persons, Piedfort
| Issuer | Central Bank of Malta |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#P2 |
| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Malta occupies the central field, depicting a coastal scene with a rising sun on the horizon, a traditional Maltese fishing boat (luzzu) in the foreground, and an Opuntia cactus plant alongside a shovel and pitchfork. The shield is rendered in heraldic style with fine detail. The encircling legend reads REPUBBLIKA TA' MALTA, identifying the issuing nation as the Republic of Malta. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Malta's piedfort issues of the early 1980s were produced almost exclusively for the collector market, struck at the Pobjoy Mint in Surrey rather than through any domestic facility. The 1981 UN International Year of Disabled Persons prompted several nations to issue commemorative coinage; Malta's response came two years late, a delay not unusual for smaller issuing authorities working through contracted minters on limited production runs.
Piedforts — struck on a planchet roughly twice the standard thickness — have no circulation history by design.