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Maldives Islands banknotes
Maldives paper money catalog and Maldives currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Ceylon Rupee = (India Rupee) = 100 Cents, 1887-1947
  • Maldives Islands Rufiyaa (Rupee) = (Ceylon Rupee) = 100 Lari, from 1947

• For earlier issues see:
  • Ceylon, till 1947

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Pick #	Date
		British protectorate till 1965
1-7	1947, 1960	1/2, 1, 2, 5, 10, 50, 100 rupees
		Sultanate 1965-68, Republic from 1968
9-14	1983-87	2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 rufiyaa
15-17	1990	2, 5, 500 rufiyaa
18-23	1995-2008	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 rufiyaa
24	2006	500 rufiyaa
25	2015	5.000 rufiyaa; commemorative "50 Anniversary of Independence, 1965-2015"
A26-31	2015-	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 rufiyaa