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1 Rufiyaa
| Issuer | Maldivian State |
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| Year | 1948-1960 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour intaglio print over a light-toned guilloche underprint. The central vignette presents a coastal scene composed of a tall palm tree flanked by a lateen-rigged Mas dhoani fishing vessel and a square-rigged Mas odi on open water. Thaana script inscriptions border the composition, with the denomination expressed as one Rufiyaa. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour intaglio print with decorative guilloche borders framing the central vignette. The vignette presents a two-storeyed colonial-era building — which served successively as the Customs House, Post Office, and Office of the Prime Minister — alongside a view of the main bastion of the town wall. The denomination is rendered in Thaana script within the border ornamentation. |
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| Variants | P#2a - 1947 P#2b - 1960 |
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