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50 Maloti
| Issuer | Central Bank of Lesotho |
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| Year | 1994-2009 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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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. |
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| Signature(s) | Dr. L.V. Ketso / Dr. A.M. Maruping Dr. L.V. Ketso / Dr. A.M. Maruping Dr. L.V. Ketso / S.M. Swaray Dr. L.V. Ketso / S.M. Swaray |
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The 50 Maloti sits in a series that spans fifteen years across a single Pick number, meaning several distinct signature combinations exist under P#17 — a detail that matters more to variety collectors than the catalog suggests. The Ketso/Swaray pairing marks a later phase of the run, after Maruping's tenure at the Central Bank.
Lesotho's currency has been pegged to the South African Rand at par since the Maloti's introduction in 1980, a arrangement formalized through the Common Monetary Area. That peg has held without realignment, which is unusual for a small economy entirely surrounded by a larger one.