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The Maldive Islands: No.7a One hundred rufiyaa
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Date issued – Unknown
Printer – Bradbury Wilkinson and Company
Front – To the left is a vignette of a lateen rigged mas dhoani (a small sailing vessel used for fishing) with a palm tree, while to the right is a vignette of a square rigged vessel known as a mas odi or ‘fishing odi’. The mas odi is an older style of fishing vessel.
Back – Buildings and gardens of the Court of Eterekoilu looking from the north. The tallest building on the right is the Aa-Koattery Buruzu (New Fort Bastion), illustrated on the 5-rufuiyaa note. The tall building on the left is the Veyodorhu Ganduvaru Mathige, illustrated on the 10-rufiyaa note. Most of the Sultan’s Palace and gardens were torn down in 1968. The area now includes the ‘Sultan’s Park’, which surrounds the National Museum, while the Islamic Centre and Mosque (illustrated on the 500-rufiyaa note – see below) is built on the area in the foreground of the illustration.