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10 Maloti - Moshoeshoe II FAO
| Issuer | Lesotho |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of King Moshoeshoe II depicted in the traditional manner of his royal ancestor Moshoeshoe I, wearing a characteristic Basotho conical hat adorned with a feather, along with traditional beaded headband, drop earring, and a fur-trimmed cloak secured at the neck. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a polished field, flanked on either side by two small six-pointed stars. The legend LESOTHO 1969 arcs along the upper periphery, while MOSHOESHOE appears in the lower exergue, both separated from the field by a continuous beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Lesotho's 1969 gold issues were struck to mark the country's third anniversary of independence from British rule — an independence achieved in October 1966 without the armed conflict that characterized so many African decolonizations of the period. This FAO-series piece was produced as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's broader campaign to engage newly sovereign nations in food security awareness, which resulted in commemorative coinages from dozens of countries between 1968 and the mid-1970s.
Moshoeshoe II had been installed as king only months before independence, at just 26 years old. He would later be deposed twice by the military government of Leabua Jonathan.