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250 Maloti - Moshoeshoe I Pattern, International Year of the Child
| Issuer | Central Bank of Lesotho |
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| Year | 1979 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse lettering | KINGDOM OF LESOTHO MOSHOESHOE I |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Pattern issues from Lesotho in this period were frequently produced by foreign mints — most likely Pretoria or a European facility — as the country lacked domestic striking capacity. The International Year of the Child designation was a UN initiative running through 1979, and numerous smaller nations used it as a pretext for pattern and proof coinage aimed squarely at the collector market rather than circulation.
The copper-nickel composition for a 250 Maloti denomination is itself telling — a circulating coin of that face value in base metal would have been economically absurd, confirming this piece never left the pattern stage.