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10 Maloti - Moshoeshoe II Monument of King Moshoeshoe I
| Issuer | Central Bank of Lesotho |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | KINGDOM OF LESOTHO · H.M. MOSHOESHOE II 1980 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued the same year Lesotho ratified a new constitution under Moshoeshoe II, this commemorative honors the dynastic founder whose 1820s consolidation of Sotho-speaking peoples — a political feat achieved largely through diplomacy rather than conquest — gave the kingdom its unlikely survival against both Zulu expansion and Boer encroachment. The monument itself stands at Thaba Bosiu, the mountain stronghold Moshoeshoe I defended repeatedly through the mid-nineteenth century, including against two Cape Colony invasions in 1858 and 1868.
KM#23a distinguishes the sterling silver issue from KM#23, struck in copper-nickel for circulation.