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| Issuer | Central Bank of Lesotho |
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| Year | 1985 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | SILVER JUBILEE · 1960 · 1985 · ONE LOTI · KHOTSO PULA NALA |
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Moshoeshoe II's Silver Jubilee in 1985 marked 25 years since Lesotho's independence movement gained serious momentum, though formal independence from Britain came only in 1966. The jubilee coinage was issued in tiered versions — this gold strike being the premium variant alongside a standard silver issue — a common approach for small-nation commemoratives of the period intended primarily for collector export rather than domestic circulation.
The .917 fineness places it at traditional crown gold, a deliberate choice for prestige issues of this kind.