2 Maloti - Moshoeshoe II FAO

Obverse description	Right-facing effigy of King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, depicted wearing traditional Basotho attire including a feathered headdress and a draped cloak with a beaded necklace, rendered in high relief. The portrait is boldly modelled in a naturalistic style, occupying the central field. A beaded inner border encircles the design, with six small five-pointed stars evenly distributed around the periphery. The legend 'LESOTHO 1969' arcs along the upper portion of the coin, and the name 'MOSHOESHOE' appears in the lower field beneath the portrait.
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Reverse description	Central field depicts a figure of a woman bent forward in a harvesting pose, gathering and bundling stalks of grain in an agricultural field, rendered in high relief against a background of standing crops. The scene conveys the FAO themes of food production and rural labor. A beaded inner border frames the central design, with small five-pointed stars and a mint mark visible at the lower left periphery. The legend 'F.A.O. KHOTSO PULA NALA' — a Sesotho phrase meaning 'Peace, Rain, Prosperity' — arcs along the upper border, while the denomination '2 MALOTI' is inscribed along the lower border.
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Reverse lettering	F.A.O. KHOTSO PULA NALA 2 MALOTI
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