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2 Lariat
| Issuer | Sultanate of Maldives |
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| Thickness | 4.34 mm |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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| Mintage | ND |
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The lariat (or larin) was a distinctive hook-shaped silver wire coinage that circulated widely across the Indian Ocean trade networks from the 16th century onward, and the Maldives adopted it so thoroughly that the denomination name outlasted the form entirely. By the time bronze struck coinage replaced the old wire larins in the Maldives, the archipelago had been using the larin as its primary monetary unit for over three centuries. KM#17 dates to the early 20th century, issued under the Maldivian sultanate before the island chain became a British protectorate in all but name.