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10 Kwacha Conservation
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing portrait bust of President Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda, engraved in high relief by Paul Vincze, depicted in a suit with a high collar. The effigy occupies the central field with a naturalistic, sculptural quality. The legend MALAWI appears in bold raised letters along a curved ribbon or scroll at the base of the portrait, following the lower arc of the coin. |
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| Obverse lettering | MALAWI |
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Malawi's 1978 conservation coinage was part of a coordinated WWF-linked program that prompted dozens of developing nations to issue silver pieces throughout the 1970s, ostensibly funding wildlife protection while generating hard currency through collector sales abroad. Malawi's contribution focused on species endemic or critical to the Lake Malawi basin — at the time under genuine ecological pressure from overfishing and habitat loss.
KM#16 was struck at the British Royal Mint, which handled most of Malawi's commemorative output during this period.