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Lesotho loti

Lesotho loti: a currency still in use.

Dates in use
Still in use; introduction date not established here
Currency code
LSL
Ancestry branch
Sterling
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The story

The IMF history dates the issue of the loti to January 1980. [1]

Sources and evidence

  1. International Monetary Fund · Kingdom of Lesotho: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix, Country Report 05/438 C592 ↗

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“Lesotho loti.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000195.html

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