250 Rufiyaa 1990 Fifa World Cup

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.