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10 Shillings
| Emisor | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
|---|---|
| Año | 1964 |
| Tipo | Standard circulation banknote |
| Valor | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Moneda | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Composición | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Tamaño | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Forma | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Impresor | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Diseñador(es) | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Grabador(es) | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| En circulación hasta | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Referencia(s) | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Descripción del anverso | Portrait of Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda in an oval intaglio vignette at left, set against a guilloche underprint in reddish-brown tones. A central vignette illustrates two fishermen in a traditional dugout canoe on a calm lake, with a distant shoreline and hills in the background. The denomination '10/-' appears in the upper and lower corners, with the bank's promise-to-pay legend and statutory inscription printed below the central vignette, alongside the Governor's manuscript signature. |
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| Leyenda del anverso | THE RESERVE BANK OF MALAWI PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF TEN SHILLINGS ISSUED UNDER THE RESERVE BANK OF MALAWI ACT. 1964 |
| Descripción del reverso | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Leyenda del reverso | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Firma(s) | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Tipo de protección | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Descripción de la protección | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Variantes | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Comentarios |
Malawi achieved independence on 6 July 1964, and this note belongs to the first issue placed into circulation by the newly established Reserve Bank — replacing the Rhodesia and Nyasaland currency that had served the federation until its dissolution the previous year. The shilling denominations were short-lived; Malawi decimalized in 1971, converting to kwacha and tambala, which made the entire pre-decimal series obsolete within seven years of issue.
Bradbury Wilkinson printed extensively for newly independent African states during the 1960s, and the Malawi first series was among their standard sovereign commissions of that decade. The single watermark security feature reflects the modest specification typical of low-value denominations in inaugural issues, where budgetary constraints often shaped the security brief.