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100 Rufiyaa Disabled Persons, Gold Piedfort
| Issuer | Maldives Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Value | 100 Rufiyaa |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the Maldives occupies the central field, comprising a coconut palm tree rising above a crescent and five-pointed star, flanked symmetrically by two national flags on staffs, each bearing the crescent-and-star emblem on a diamond-shaped field. A curved ribbon below the central device bears an Arabic inscription. The Gregorian year 1984 appears in the upper left field and the Hijri year ١٤٠٤ in the upper right, while the legend MALDIVES is inscribed along the lower border in Latin characters and the Dhivehi script legend ދިވެހި ރާއްޖޭ appears along the lower right. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Piedforts — coins struck at twice the standard planchet thickness — have been used since medieval France as presentation pieces and have enjoyed a collector revival since the 1970s, particularly among Commonwealth and associated monetary authorities issuing limited prestige sets. The Maldives Monetary Authority produced this gold piedfort in conjunction with the International Year of Disabled Persons, the UN-designated observance that ran in 1981 but generated commemorative coinage programs well into the mid-1980s as smaller issuing authorities worked through their minting agreements.
KM#P3 is among the scarcest Maldivian gold issues by surviving population.