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10 Kwanzas
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Angola |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL DE ANGOLA 10 (Translation: National Bank of Angola) |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a panoramic view of the Luena waterfall rendered in blue-green tones, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation, with a pelican in flight depicted in the upper centre. The National Coat of Arms of Angola appears in intaglio at left on a white field, flanked by ornate guilloche bands. The denomination numeral "10" is printed in the lower right corner, with the inscription "DEZ KWANZAS" across the upper right. |
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Angola's 10 Kwanza denomination has occupied an awkward position in daily commerce for years — nominally legal tender but effectively worthless for most transactions by the time this 2012-dated printing entered circulation, with inflation having long since pushed the real economy into higher denominations. The note exists more as a rounding instrument than a functional medium of exchange.
Goznak's involvement reflects a broader pattern of Angolan currency production shifting toward Russian security printers after independence, a relationship built during the MPLA government's Soviet-era political alignments that outlasted the Cold War itself.