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10 Kwacha Beatification of Michael Iwene Tansi
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Engraver(s) | Fabrizio Annovi |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF MALAWI 20 08 UNITY AND FREEDOM 10 KWACHA |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Michael Iwene Tansi, a Nigerian-born Trappist monk, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Lagos in March 1998 — the first papal visit to Nigeria and the first beatification ever conducted on African soil. That ceremony alone makes Tansi historically notable, but Malawi's decision to issue a commemorative coin a full decade after the event is harder to explain through any obvious connection, as Tansi had no documented ties to Malawi.
Silver-plated copper-nickel issues of this type were produced almost exclusively for the collector market, with negligible circulation.