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| Issuer | Central Bank of Lesotho |
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| Year | 1999-2009 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio vignette of King Moshoeshoe I seated at left, rendered in green on a multicolour guilloche underprint with geometric latticework patterns. The national arms appear at centre within a circular legal tender inscription, above the denomination legend and date. The issuer title CENTRAL BANK OF LESOTHO runs along the top margin, with the denomination numeral 100 in large format at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | MALOTI A LEKHOLO 100 |
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The 100 Maloti sits at the top of the denominations Lesotho issued under this series, which ran across a decade-long span — unusual longevity for a high-value note in a country with persistent inflationary pressure. Thomas De La Rue's involvement here is routine for southern African central banks of the period, but the relatively sparse security package (watermark only, at this catalog specification) is worth noting on a centennial denomination, particularly given that neighboring South Africa's Rand, with which the Maloti is pegged at par, carried more robust features on comparable notes by the late 1990s.