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10 000 Kwanzas reajustados
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Angola |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Value | 10 000 Kwanzas Reajustados (10 000 AOR) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL DE ANGOLA 10000 A VITÓRIA É CERTA (Translation: National Bank of Angola / 10,000 / Victory is Certain) |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an offshore oil rig, referencing Angola's petroleum industry, with the denomination inscription 'DEZ MIL KWANZAS REAJUSTADOS' placed above. The national coat of arms is positioned at lower left, while a traditional mask occupies the upper right corner, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint. |
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The kwanza reajustado was Angola's second attempt at currency stabilization after independence, introduced in 1995 at a rate of 1,000 kwanzas to one kwanza reajustado. It failed. Hyperinflation, fueled by the ongoing civil war between the MPLA government and UNITA, rendered even high denominations like this one functionally worthless within months of issue. The reajustado itself was replaced by the readjusted kwanza in 1999 at 1,000,000 to one.
The printed date of 1945 in the catalog data is almost certainly a transcription error — Thomas De La Rue's involvement here dates to the mid-1990s print contracts with Luanda.