10 Rufiyaa

The Maldives Monetary Authority's switch to polymer for this series was a practical response to the islands' climate — high humidity and salt air degrade cotton-paper notes faster there than almost anywhere else. Thomas De La Rue had been supplying Maldivian notes for decades by the time this denomination was produced, making the transition relatively seamless technically, though the transparent window required a full redesign of the layout rather than a simple substrate swap.

Abdullah Nashaath is one of the few locally credited designers in Maldivian banknote history, which is worth noting given how often smaller nations simply hand design responsibility to the printer entirely.