Catalog
1 Kwacha
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 1973-1975 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Reverse lettering | ONE KWACHA RESERVE BANK OF MALAWI K1 |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Malawi's first kwacha series launched in 1971 following decimalisation, which replaced the Malawian pound at a rate of two kwacha to one pound. Bradbury Wilkinson, then operating from their New Malden facility in Surrey, handled much of Anglophone Africa's security printing in this period — their contracts stretched from Zambia to Sierra Leone, producing notes that share a recognisably cautious, conservative aesthetic across very different issuing authorities.
P#10 is the second date range for this denomination, superseding the 1971 issue. Relatively short window of production before the series was replaced in 1976.