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15 Maloti - Moshoeshoe II International Year of the Child
| Issuer | Central Bank of Lesotho |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Value | 15 Maloti |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Three forward-facing busts of children of varying ages arranged in a group, rendered in high relief against a plain field. The UNICEF International Year of the Child logo appears in the lower centre, flanked by the denomination 15 MALOTI and the fineness inscription 1 OZ. FINE SILVER. The legend INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD 1979 arcs along the upper periphery within a beaded border. |
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Issued to mark the United Nations International Year of the Child, this coin was produced when Moshoeshoe II was navigating an increasingly fraught relationship with the military-backed government that had suspended Lesotho's constitution in 1970. By 1979 he was king in little more than ceremonial terms, his political authority having been systematically stripped by Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan. The royal name on this piece carried weight in popular legitimacy that it no longer carried in governance.