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70 Dinars Disabled Persons, Piedfort

Issuer Central Bank of Libya
Year 1981
Type Non-circulating coin
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Obverse description Two large open hands, depicted in high relief, flank a central International Symbol of Access (wheelchair user pictogram) in the field. An Arabic legend reading 'سبعون دينار ليبيا' (Seventy Libyan Dinars) arcs across the upper portion of the field. A further curved Arabic inscription runs along the lower periphery, referencing social integration and equal rights for disabled persons.
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Reverse description At center, a stylized globe depicted with meridian and latitude lines is encircled by a wreath of laurel branches, with the date '1981' inscribed across the middle of the globe. A multi-line Arabic legend referencing the Libyan Arab People's Socialist Jamahiriya and disability-related international organizations arcs around the upper and lateral fields. A banner scroll at the base of the design bears an Arabic legend reading 'المشاركة الكاملة والمساواة' (Full Participation and Equality).
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Additional information

Piedfort issues from the Central Bank of Libya in this period were struck as collector and presentation pieces, produced at double the standard planchet thickness. Libya's 1981 gold pieforts are among the least documented North African issues of the era — KM coverage is thin, mintage figures have never been reliably published, and few examples surface at auction. The disabled persons thematic series itself was tied to the 1981 International Year of Disabled Persons, a UN initiative that prompted numerous countries to issue commemorative coinage that year.

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