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5 Dinars Disabled Persons, Piedfort
| Issuer | Central Bank of Libya |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | At center, the international wheelchair symbol for disabled persons is depicted within a circular device, flanked on either side by a pair of cupped, open hands rendered in high relief, symbolizing protection and support. An Arabic legend curves along the upper portion of the field, with a further Arabic inscription running along the lower field. The composition conveys the humanitarian theme of the International Year of Disabled Persons. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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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.