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1/2 Larin 'Kuda' - Hasan Nooraddeen I with line over date
| Issuer | Sultanate of Maldives |
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| Year | 1780 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#29.1 |
| Obverse description | Hammered copper flan of irregular round form bearing a multi-line Arabic inscription in the field, reading 'Al-Sultan Hasan Nur al-Din', arranged in three stacked lines of bold, raised Arabic script. The legend fills the central field with characteristic Maldivian calligraphic style. A beaded or dotted border encircles the inscription, following the irregular edge of the coin. The striking is typical of hand-hammered Maldivian kuda larin production, with uneven relief and surface texture throughout. |
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| Reverse lettering | ١١٩٧ (Translation: 1197) |
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The larin coinage of the Maldives descends from a wire-money tradition — the name itself derives from a bent silver rod form once common across the Persian Gulf trade network. By the late eighteenth century, the islands had shifted to struck copper for fractional denominations, and the kuda (small) larin occupied the lowest practical tier of daily exchange in an economy running almost entirely on fish and cowrie shells. The line drawn over the date on this variety is a die-state distinction that separates KM#29.1 from related issues, likely a workshop notation rather than an intentional denomination marker.