Catalog
| Issuer | Central Bank of Lesotho |
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| Year | 1994-2009 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio vignette of King Moshoeshoe I seated at left, rendered in purple, dressed in traditional attire and holding a staff. The national arms appear in an ornate guilloche rosette at centre, encircled by the legend THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR, with the date below. A multicolour guilloche underprint covers the field, with the denomination numeral 50 printed in large format at lower right and the issuing authority CENTRAL BANK OF LESOTHO across the top. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette in intaglio shows a mounted Basotho herdsman on horseback accompanied by a laden donkey in a highland landscape, with a distinctive rocky mountain formation to the right rendered in blue. Decorative guilloche rosettes and floral underprint elements fill the background. The denomination value 50 appears in all four corners, with the Sesotho inscription across the lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | MALOTI A MASHOME A MAHLANO 50 |
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