Catalog
200 Maloti
| Issuer | Central Bank of Lesotho |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Size | 156 x 77 mm |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portraits of Kings Moshoeshoe II and Letsie III are placed at centre-right, with a background vignette of Moshoeshoe I at far right, all set over a multicolour guilloche underprint in warm ochre and orange tones. A vertical windowed security thread bearing the Basotho hat motif runs at left-centre, with the Governor's signature appearing above the lower denomination numerals. The large numeral '200' is printed at lower left, and the issuing authority inscription 'CENTRAL BANK OF LESOTHO' runs across the top margin. |
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| Reverse description | A traditional Basotho horseman and an accompanying figure on foot are rendered in intaglio at left-centre against an open landscape in warm brown and ochre tones. Intricate multicolour guilloche ornamental patterns flank a vertical windowed security thread at right-centre, bearing the Basotho hat motif. The denomination numeral '200' appears at lower right, with the Sesotho legend 'MALOTI A MAKHOLO A MABELI' running across the lower margin. |
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The 200 Maloti denomination was introduced as part of Lesotho's commemorative series marking fifty years of independence from Britain, declared in 1966. De La Rue's involvement is long-standing with the Central Bank of Lesotho — the relationship dates to the maloti's introduction in 1980 when Lesotho decoupled its currency from the South African rand, though the peg to the rand at 1:1 has been maintained ever since.
Security provision on P#25 is notably light for a high-denomination note of this period — thread and watermark only, without the optically variable ink or color-shifting elements that had become near-standard on comparable African issues by 2015.