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10 Kwacha H.M. Queen Elizabeth II 80th Birthday
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 10 Kwacha |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the full coat of arms of the Republic of Malawi in high relief at the centre of the field, featuring a lion and a leopard as supporters flanking a quartered shield surmounted by a rising sun crest, with the motto ribbon inscribed UNITY AND FREEDOM at the base. The circular legend REPUBLIC OF MALAWI arcs along the upper periphery in bold raised Latin lettering, while the denomination 10 KWACHA appears along the lower rim. The date 2006 is divided either side of the arms, with 20 to the left and 06 to the right. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Malawi produced a handful of commemorative issues in the mid-2000s largely aimed at the collector market rather than domestic circulation, and this piece fits squarely in that category. The Reserve Bank of Malawi had no particular constitutional or Commonwealth obligation to mark the Queen's 80th birthday — Malawi had been a republic since 1966 — making this a purely commercial decision targeting thematic collectors.
The KM# 80 attribution places it within a dense run of Malawian commemoratives from that decade, many sharing the same 28.28g copper-nickel specification used across dozens of Commonwealth-adjacent issues struck by contract mints.