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2 Laari - Muhammad Fareed Didi
| Issuer | Government of Maldives |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Weight | 3.15 g |
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| Obverse lettering | 1960 ١٣٧٩ الدولة المحلديبية |
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| Reverse script | Arabic/Dhivehi (Thaana) |
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Muhammad Fareed Didi ruled the Maldives as its last sultan before the country abolished the sultanate and declared a republic in 1968. This 1960 issue was struck during the twilight of that institution, though the sultanate had itself been briefly interrupted — a republic was declared in 1953 before being dissolved after just a few months following public opposition. The bronze coinage of this period was produced in quantities suited to the modest cash economy of a then-isolated archipelago whose primary trade remained dried fish and cowrie shells.