20 Maloti

Features

Issuer	Lesotho
Issuing bank	Central Bank of Lesotho
King	Moshoeshoe II (1966-1990, 1995-1996)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1981-1984
Value	20 Maloti 20 LSL = USD 1.23
Currency	Loti (1966-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	140 × 77 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 270962
References	P# 7 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , TBB# 204 Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).

Obverse

Green on multicolor underprint.
Portrait of King Moshoeshoe II at right; Coat of Arms at center.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CENTRAL BANK OF LESOTHO
THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR
TWENTY MALOTI
20 MALOTI

Reverse

Green and yellow on multicolor underprint.
Figure of a young Mosotho herdsman wearing a Basotho hat and his herd in the background.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MALOTI A MASHOME A MABELI

Translation: Twenty Maloti

Watermark

Basotho hat

Signatures

Evaristus Retselisitsoe Sekhonyana (ERS)	Minister of Finance
Ezekiel Kobeli Molemohi (EKM)	Governor
K. Rakhetla "3rd sign" (KR")	Minister of Finance
Stefan Schönberg "1st sign" (SS")	Governor

Printers

Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

Comments

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Date	Signatures	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1981	ERS, EKM	P# 7a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Prefix A/81; Printer: BWC	0%
1981	ERS, EKM	P# 7s1 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen; Prefix A/81	0%
1984	KR", SS"	P# 7b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Prefix: A/84 - E/84; Printer: TDLR	90%
1984	KR", SS"	P# 7s2 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen; Prefix A/84	0%

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