Catalog
100 Kwanzas
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Angola |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Diameter | 26.0 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The numeral 100 is boldly rendered in large raised characters dominating the central field, with the denomination legend KWANZAS inscribed in a smaller font immediately below. A continuous inner border of raised beads encircles the design, running parallel to the rim and framing the entire composition. |
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Angola's 1991 copper coinage arrived during a particularly unstable stretch of the civil war, when the MPLA government was attempting to maintain a functioning monetary system while fighting UNITA forces across much of the country. The kwanza itself had been introduced in 1977 to replace the escudo, but chronic inflation through the 1980s had already eroded its purchasing power severely by the time this denomination was struck.
A major currency reform followed just two years later in 1993, when the novo kwanza was replaced by the kwanza reajustado at a rate of 1,000 to one — rendering this coin effectively obsolete almost immediately after issue.