Catalog
1 Penny
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 1967-1968 |
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| Currency | Pound (1964-1971) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1967 - - 6,000,000 1968 - - 3,600,000 |
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Malawi gained independence from Britain in 1964, but the new decimal currency system — replacing the Malawian pound with the kwacha and tambala — didn't launch until 1971. These 1967–1968 pennies belong to an awkward transitional period when the country was still operating on pre-decimal denominations under its first president, Hastings Banda, whose consolidation of one-party rule was already well underway by the time these were struck.