Coins of The 2nd Republic Outside The Commonwealth
The first coins to be issued by the Maldive Islands in the period outside the Commonwealth (1965–82) was the issue of AH1389 (1970). In this period, the first coins denominated in rufiyaa were struck. Only in the late 1970s do the dates on Maldivian coins begin to correspond exactly (e.g. the AH1399 (1979) & AH1400 (1980) silver 100 rufiyaa commemorative coins.). The AH1389 coins are of the same design as the 1960 coins, but all references to the Sultanate were replaced with references to the Republic. Only in the late 1970s did English first appear on Maldivian coins.
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