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1 Lilangeni - Mswati III 1st portrait, magnetic
| Issuer | Kingdom of Swaziland (1968-2018) |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Currency | Lilangeni (1974-date) |
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| Reverse lettering | ONE LILANGENI 1992 |
| Edge | Milled |
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The magnetic variant of this issue reflects a broader shift in African minting economics during the early 1990s, when rising nickel prices pushed several smaller kingdoms toward steel-core planchets sourced from overseas suppliers — often the Royal Mint or the South African Mint — rather than solid alloy blanks. Swaziland had limited leverage over its own coinage supply chain, and the planchet composition change was driven by cost rather than any deliberate policy.
KM#44.2 distinguishes the magnetic planchet from the non-magnetic 44.1, a split that catalog editors only formalized after the two types were confirmed circulating concurrently.