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10 Kwacha Darwin Frog
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 10 Kwacha |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a full-colour applied depiction of the Darwin's Frog (Rhinoderma darwinii), shown in naturalistic green tones resting upon rocky substrate against a reddish-brown background, rendered within a central circular coloured insert. The olive-toned outer border carries the series legend ENDANGERED FROGS arcing along the upper field, and the species designation DARWIN FROG inscribed along the lower field in incuse lettering. |
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| Reverse lettering | ENDANGERED FROGS DARWIN FROG |
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Issued as part of Malawi's prolific early-2000s wildlife series, which the Reserve Bank produced in considerable volume through European minting contractors targeting the collector market rather than domestic circulation. The Darwin's frog — Rhinoderma darwinii — is native to Chilean and Argentine forest streams, making its appearance on a Malawian coin a matter of commercial numismatic logic rather than any geographic or cultural connection.
Darwin first documented the species during the Beagle voyage; the male's brooding behavior, raising tadpoles inside its vocal sac, wasn't fully described until decades later.