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1 Tambala magnetic
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 1984-1994 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 1 1994 TAMBALA |
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The shift to copper-plated steel for this denomination was driven by the chronic economic pressures Malawi faced through the 1980s, as the landlocked nation's reliance on expensive overland export routes — following Mozambique's civil war disrupting the Nacala corridor — strained foreign currency reserves and made the economics of solid copper coinage increasingly difficult to justify.