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10 Kwacha Amazon Horned
| Issuer | Malawi |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Currency | Kwacha (1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Malawi occupies the central field, featuring a quartered shield supported by a lion rampant to the left and a leopard to the right, with a rising sun in base and an African fish eagle as crest atop a representation of Lake Malawi. The motto scroll at the base bears the legend UNITY AND FREEDOM. The circular legend REPUBLIC OF MALAWI arcs along the upper periphery, with the divided date 20-10 flanking the shield at mid-field, and the denomination 10 KWACHA inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Malawi's wildlife coin program from this period leaned heavily on exotic species with no native connection to the country — the Amazon horned frog is indigenous to South America, not southern Africa. These issues were produced primarily for the collector export market, a revenue strategy common among smaller nations with limited mint infrastructure of their own.