Catalog
2 Rufiyaa
| Issuer | Maldives Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Value | 2 Rufiyaa (2 MVR) |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents a cluster of coconuts on a palm frond to the left, beside an intaglio-engraved Dhivehi Odi traditional sailing dhow under full sail to the right, set against a fine guilloche underprint in olive and blue tones. The numeral '2' appears at upper left and lower right within ornate scrollwork borders, with Thaana script legends and dual-dated inscriptions in both Gregorian and Hijri calendars across the centre. Decorative interlaced band borders frame the upper and lower edges in dark olive. |
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| Obverse lettering | މޯލްޑިވްސް މަނިޓަރި އޮތޯރިޓީ ދިވެހި ރާއްޖޭ 7 އޮކްޓޫބަރު 1983 (Translation: Maldives Monetary Authority, Maldives, 7 October 1983) |
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Bradbury Wilkinson printed this note during the final years before the firm was absorbed into De La Rue in 1990, ending one of the longer uninterrupted runs of specialist security printing in British commercial history. By 1983 the Maldives Monetary Authority had been operational for less than a decade, having been established in 1981 to replace the Maldives Monetary Board — so this is an early issue under the authority's own name.
The Rufiyaa series of this period relied on a single watermark as the primary security feature, reflecting the modest throughput requirements of an island economy whose formal banking infrastructure was still being built out.