Obverse. Photo © Stack's Bowers Galleries
  • 150 Shillings 1983, KM# P1, Somalia, International Year of Disabled Persons
  • 150 Shillings 1983, KM# P1, Somalia, International Year of Disabled Persons
Description

In 1981, the UN declared the International Year of Disabled Persons (IYDP) to promote equal opportunities and disability prevention. The IYDP led to the World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons and the International Decade of Disabled Persons (1983-1993). December 3 became the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in 1992.

A piedfort is an unusually thick coin, often exactly twice the normal weight and thickness of other coins of the same diameter and pattern. Piedforts are not normally circulated, and are only struck for presentation purposes by mint officials (such as patterns), or for collectors, dignitaries, and other VIPs.

Obverse

Depicts the coat of arms of Somalia, surrounded by the country name in Somali above and Arabic and the date below.

The coat of arms of Somalia, adopted on October 10, 1956, features a shield embellished with the Somali flag, accompanied by two Leopards standing atop crossed spears. Positioned at the center of the flag is the Star of Unity, and a crown adorns the top of the shield. Completing the emblem are crossed spears underneath, entwined with a ribbon.

JAMHUURIYADDA DIMOQRAADIGA SOOMAALIYA
1983 - ١٩٨٣
جمهورية الصومال الديمقراطية

Reverse

Depicts a woman wearing the traditional headscarf facing left, denomination in English below, symbol of I.Y.D.P. below left.

Headscarves and veils are used by some Muslim women and girls, so that no one has the right to expose her beauty but except her husband, father, son, brother, uncles, grandfather. For women, the Muslim religious dress varies, and various cultures include hijab, burqa, chador, niqab, dupatta, or other types of hijab, while others reject all of these dress codes. The religion prescribes modest behaviour or dress in general.

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS
150
SHILLINGS

Edge -
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Silver
Fineness 0.925
Weight 28.03 g
Diameter 39 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Coin
Mint
Royal Mint

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