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250 Meticais Independence
| Issuer | Banco de Moçambique |
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| Year | 1985 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a stylized composition combining a large five-pointed star in the left field with the outline map of Mozambique overlapping it to the right, rendered in a bold, graphic style. To the right of the central design, the commemorative inscription 10 ANOS INDEPENDÊNCIA 1975-1985 is arranged in three lines, marking the tenth anniversary of national independence. The overall design is enclosed within a raised rim, with a plain inner field framing the motifs. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Mozambique's 1985 coinage came during one of the country's most desperate periods — a decade into independence from Portugal and deep into the RENAMO insurgency funded largely by apartheid South Africa and Rhodesian successor interests. The Frelimo government was simultaneously prosecuting a civil war, managing catastrophic famine, and operating a command economy that had driven skilled labor out of the country almost entirely.
The copper-nickel composition replaced an earlier silver version — KM#107, struck for the tenth anniversary of independence — making this the circulation-metal variant of a commemorative type.