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20 Maloti
| Issuer | Central Bank of Lesotho |
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| Year | 1981-1984 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of King Moshoeshoe II in military uniform at right, set against a guilloche underprint in teal and gold tones. The national Coat of Arms is printed at centre within a circular vignette, surrounded by the inscription THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR TWENTY MALOTI in a curved legend. The issuer title CENTRAL BANK OF LESOTHO appears at top, with the denomination 20 MALOTI at lower left and two facsimile signatures below, captioned MINISTER OF FINANCE and GOVERNOR respectively. |
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| Obverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF LESOTHO THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR TWENTY MALOTI 20 MALOTI MINISTER OF FINANCE GOVERNOR |
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Bradbury Wilkinson printed the earliest issues of independent Lesotho's banknotes, and this 20 Maloti belongs to that founding series — the maloti having replaced the rand at par in 1980 after Lesotho established the Central Bank the previous year. The note carries two distinct signature combinations, suggesting it spans the full run of the series across 1981–1984, a period when the bank was still establishing its administrative and monetary infrastructure.
Bradbury Wilkinson closed in 1990 after De La Rue acquired the New Malden operation, ending one of Britain's longest-running security printing houses.