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500 Meticais Moorish Idol Fish
| Issuer | Banco de Moçambique |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Weight | 16 g |
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| Obverse lettering | · REPUBLICA POPULAR DE MOÇAMBIQUE · 500 METICAIS (Translation: People's Republic of Mozambique) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Mozambique's 1989 wildlife series was issued partly as a hard-currency earner during a period when the country was still deep in civil war — the RENAMO conflict had devastated the domestic economy, and commemorative silver issues exported abroad were among the few reliable sources of foreign exchange. The Moorish idol, native to Indo-Pacific reefs including those off the Mozambican coast, was a deliberate choice to signal the country's marine resources to an international audience.