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1 Rufiyaa
| Issuer | Maldivian State |
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| Year | 1948-1960 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | އެއް ރުފިޔާ (Translation: One Rufiyaa) |
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| Variants | P#2a - 1947 P#2b - 1960 |
| Comments |
The Maldivian State's early paper issues are among the more obscure colonial-era notes from the Indian Ocean region. This 1 Rufiyaa belongs to a series issued under the authority of the Maldivian Sultanate during a period when the islands remained a British Protected State — a relationship that persisted until full independence in 1965. Bradbury Wilkinson handled security printing for dozens of dependent and post-colonial territories during this period, and the Maldives contract was one of their more minor commissions.
Pick 2 is genuinely scarce in any grade; the Maldives had a small and largely cash-subsistence economy, and early paper issues saw hard use in a humid tropical environment that is particularly unkind to paper fibre.