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250 Rufiyaa 1990 Fifa World Cup
| Issuer | Maldives Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Currency | Rufiyaa (1947-date) |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the Maldives occupies the central field, featuring a coconut palm flanked by two crossed national flags bearing the crescent and star emblem, with a crescent and star device at centre. A decorative banner inscribed in Arabic script appears below the shield. The Gregorian year '1990' is inscribed in the upper left field and the Hijri year '١٤١٠' (1410) in the upper right. The legend 'MALDIVES' appears in Latin script along the lower rim, with the country name in Thaana script flanking it. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy, this is one of several silver commemoratives the Maldives Monetary Authority produced during the late 1980s and early 1990s targeting the collector market rather than domestic circulation. The Maldives had no meaningful footballing connection to Italia '90 — the issue exists almost entirely as a foreign exchange earner, a common strategy among small island nations during this period of aggressive commemorative coin marketing.