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1/4 Larin - Ibrahim Nooraddeen
| Issuer | Sultanate of Maldives |
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| Year | 1883 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse lettering | سلطان البر ١٣٠٠ والبحر (Translation: Sultan of the land and the sea 1300) |
| Edge | Plain |
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The larin coinage of the Maldives derives its name from Lar, a city in southern Persia, reflecting the Indian Ocean trade networks that shaped Maldivian currency for centuries before local copper issues replaced the old wire-bent silver larins. Ibrahim Nooraddeen's reign saw the introduction of fractional copper denominations as the archipelago modernized its monetary system under growing British influence — the Maldives had been a British protectorate since 1887, and this 1883 issue precedes that formalization by just four years.
KM#37 is among the scarcer fractional types from this reign.