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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 75155, member: 1824&quot;]The coins of the Maldive Islands that are of interest to British Commonwealth collectors are those that date from the reign of Sultan Ibrahim Nur al-Din (AH1300-18 / 1882-1900.).Since coming under British protection,the monarchs of the Maldive Islands have been as follows;</p><p><br /></p><p>Sultan Ibrahim Nur al-Din (AH1300-18 / 1882-1900.).</p><p><br /></p><p>Sultan Mohammed Imad al-Din V (AH1318-22 / 1900-04.).</p><p><br /></p><p>Sultan Mohammed Shams al-Din III (AH1322-53 / 1904-35.).</p><p><br /></p><p>Sultan Hasan Nur al-Din II (AH1353-64 / 1935-45.).</p><p><br /></p><p>Sultan Abdul-Majid Didi (AH1364-71 / 1945-53.).</p><p><br /></p><p>First Republic (AH1371-72 / 1953-54.).</p><p><br /></p><p>Sultan Mohammed Farid Didi (AH1372-88 / 1954-68.).</p><p><br /></p><p>Second Republic (AH1388- / 1968-.).</p><p><br /></p><p>It must be remembered that a lot of information in <a href="http://www.rulers.org" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rulers.org" rel="nofollow">www.rulers.org</a></p><p>is actually wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Krause catalogue has this at the end of the historical information at the start of the Maldive Islands chapter;</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;The coins of the Maldives,issued by request of the Sultan and without direct British sponsorship,are not definitively coins of the British Commonwealth&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>This statement in Krause is wrong,as the Maldive Islands were a British protectorate from 1887 to 1965,so therefore,all the coins issued since 1887 are British Commonwealth coins,even those issued when the Maldive Islands were outside the British Commonwealth (1965 to 1982) are included.</p><p><br /></p><p>Goosen posted some photos of the AH1331 (1913) 1 Laari.I have since managed to get one of these coins.The ruling Sultan at the time was Sultan Mohammed Shams al-Din III.Despite the mintname of Male being present on the AH1331 coins,they were actually struck not at Male,but in Birmingham,England (either Heaton&#039;s or King&#039;s Norton,or even both mints.).</p><p><br /></p><p>The AH1379 (1960) coinage was struck at the Royal Mint,London.</p><p>Those struck from 1970 were struck at the Royal Mint,Llantrisant,</p><p>Wales,with a few exceptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know which of these 2 Sultans issued the AH1318 (1900) 1 Laari coins - Sultan Ibrahim Nur al-Din or Mohammed Imad al-Din V? I have got one of these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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