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| Emittent | Central Bank of Lesotho |
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| Jahr | 1979-1989 |
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| Gewicht | 3.5 g |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Uniformed military effigy of King Moshoeshoe II facing slightly left, depicted in three-quarter bust wearing a peaked cap adorned with a badge and military dress uniform with epaulettes and aiguillettes. The circular legend reads 'KINGDOM OF LESOTHO' along the upper periphery and 'H.M. MOSHOESHOE II' along the lower, with the date '1979' to the right. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Reversbeschreibung | A Basotho woman dressed in traditional attire, including a characteristic conical Basotho hat, is depicted kneeling and working at a mortar or grinding vessel in a rural village setting. Traditional round thatched huts are visible in the background landscape. The numeral '25' appears prominently to the left of the central design, with the denomination legend 'LISENTE' arching across the upper field. The whole composition is framed by a beaded border. |
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Lesotho's coinage program launched in 1966 following independence from Britain, but the 25 lisente denomination only settled into its copper-nickel form through the late 1970s as the Central Bank worked to establish a stable circulating series independent of the South African rand, which remained legal tender alongside the loti for years. Moshoeshoe II, for whom the coin is named, was a constitutional monarch operating under considerable political constraint — deposed twice, first in 1990 and again in 1995, by a government that found him an inconvenient head of state.
The decade-long production run from 1979 to 1989 saw modest mintages consistent with a small landlocked nation almost entirely surrounded by South Africa.