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| Issuer | Seychelles |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the International Year of the Child (1979), this piece was actually struck in 1980 — a one-year lag common to commemorative programs where the issuing authority prioritized design approval and distribution logistics over calendar precision. UNICEF-affiliated commemoratives of this period were coordinated across dozens of small island nations simultaneously, and Seychelles, having gained independence only in 1976, was participating in one of its earliest forays into the international commemorative coin market.