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2 Rufiyaa
| Issuer | Maldives Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Reference(s) | P#9 |
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| Reverse description | A panoramic coastal vignette occupies the centre, rendered in teal, gold, and cream, with figures working on a sandy beach framed by tall coconut palms and thatched structures at left; two traditional fishing boats rest on calm inshore waters at right, with a palm-fringed atoll visible in the distance. The denomination numeral '2' appears in ornate guilloche cartouches at lower left and lower right within elaborate floral scrollwork borders. The issuer's name is lettered in bold serif capitals along the lower margin, with 'Two Rufiyaa 2' inscribed at upper right. |
| Reverse lettering | Two Rufiyaa 2 MALDIVES MONETARY AUTHORITY BRADBURY WILKINSON |
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Bradbury Wilkinson printed this note during the final years before the firm was absorbed into De La Rue in 1990, ending one of the longer uninterrupted runs of specialist security printing in British commercial history. By 1983 the Maldives Monetary Authority had been operational for less than a decade, having been established in 1981 to replace the Maldives Monetary Board — so this is an early issue under the authority's own name.
The Rufiyaa series of this period relied on a single watermark as the primary security feature, reflecting the modest throughput requirements of an island economy whose formal banking infrastructure was still being built out.