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20 Rufiyaa IYC, Piedfort
| Issuer | Maldives Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Value | 20 Rufiyaa |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts three children at play: a girl with braided pigtails holding a jump rope at left, a seated infant in the centre reaching upward, and a standing boy at right holding a ball. The UNICEF International Year of the Child emblem — a stylised child figure within a laurel wreath — appears in the upper centre of the field. The legend INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD arcs along the upper and left periphery in Latin script, with the denomination RUFIYAA 20 along the lower periphery; Thaana script characters appear along the right field. |
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| Reverse lettering | INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD RUFIYAA 20 ރުފިޔާ |
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The International Year of the Child piedfort was issued by the Maldives Monetary Authority in the same year the institution itself was only newly established — the MMA had been founded in 1981, which creates a cataloging ambiguity around the issuing authority attribution for this 1979 piece. Piedforts of this era were almost exclusively produced for collector sets and diplomatic gifts, virtually never entering circulation.
At twice the standard planchet thickness, the striking pressure required often produces exceptionally sharp detail on low-mintage issues like this one. KM#P1 designation confirms it as the first piedfort listed for Maldivian coinage.