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| Issuer | Maldives Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Value | 20 Rufiyaa |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | FAO WORLD FISHERIES CONFERENCE 1983-84 20 RUFIYAA |
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Issued by the Maldives Monetary Authority to mark the 1984 World Fisheries Conference, this is the silver variant of a dual-metal commemorative program — a common FAO-adjacent strategy in the 1980s whereby developing nations issued both base-metal and precious-metal versions of the same type to satisfy both domestic policy optics and the international collector market simultaneously. The FAO actively encouraged member states to produce fisheries-themed coinage throughout this decade as part of its broader food security advocacy.
The Maldivian economy at this time was almost entirely dependent on fishing, making the subject less ceremonial than it might appear on a commemorative issue from a larger nation.