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500 Meticais Lion
| Issuer | Banco de Moçambique |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#110 |
| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the People's Republic of Mozambique is depicted centrally in the field, comprising a cogwheel, crossed rifle and hoe, an open book, and rising sun, all enclosed within a wreath and surmounted by a five-pointed star. The legend 'REPUBLICA POPULAR DE MOÇAMBIQUE' curves along the upper periphery in Latin lettering, while the denomination '500 METICAIS' is inscribed in two lines along the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Mozambique's 1989 commemorative program was issued during one of the most brutal phases of the RENAMO insurgency, when the country's formal economy had nearly collapsed and the metical itself was in freefall. Banco de Moçambique produced silver issues almost exclusively for the export collector market — hard currency the government desperately needed — while domestic circulation relied on increasingly worthless banknotes.
KM#110 belongs to a broader WWF-affiliated wildlife series that several African nations adopted through the late 1980s, with production typically handled by European minting contractors rather than any domestic facility.