1 Larin - Muhammad Imaduddin II date in the center

The larin was a distinctly Indian Ocean monetary form — a bent wire or rod coin whose design derived from Persian Gulf trade currency, adopted by the Maldives and reshaped into the local billon coinage that underwrote the archipelago's cowrie-shell economy. Muhammad Imaduddin II ruled during a period of intense competition between European trading powers for influence over the islands, including a Portuguese legacy still felt in trade routes and a growing Dutch presence. The KM#14.1 designation separates this issue by the placement of the date at center, a die arrangement distinguishing it from otherwise near-identical concurrent strikings.