10 Kwacha Monte San Giorgio

Obverse description	The full Coat of Arms of Malawi occupies the central field, featuring a quartered shield supported by a lion rampant to the left and a leopard rampant to the right, with a rising sun at the base and an African fish eagle displayed as the crest. A scroll below bears the national motto 'UNITY AND FREEDOM'. The circular legend 'REPUBLIC OF MALAWI' arcs along the upper periphery, the date '2004' is divided on either side of the shield, and the denomination '10 KWACHA' is inscribed along the lower border.
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Obverse lettering	REPUBLIC OF MALAWI 2004 10 KWACHA
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Additional information	Malawi's UNESCO commemorative series exploited a common late-1990s and early-2000s licensing arrangement in which small nations with negligible numismatic traditions issued collector coins tied to World Heritage Sites having no geographic or historical connection to the issuing country. Monte San Giorgio, the Triassic-period fossil site straddling the Swiss-Italian border, was inscribed by UNESCO in 2003 — this coin followed within a year, almost certainly produced by a European contract mint for the collector and medallic market rather than any Malawian domestic purpose.