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100 Meticais
| Issuer | República Popular de Moçambique |
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| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A flag-raising ceremony vignette occupies the left half of the face, rendered against a guilloche underprint in green tones, with several figures hoisting the national flag. The national coat of arms of the People's Republic of Mozambique is centred within fine lathe-work, with the inscription MAPUTO, 16 de JUNHO DE 1980 below. An intaglio portrait of Eduardo Mondlane appears at right, with the denomination numeral 100 set within a guilloche cartouche at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | REPÚBLICA POPULAR DE MOÇAMBIQUE BANCO DE MOÇAMBIQUE ABAIXO O RACISMO ABAIXO O COLONIALISMO VIVA O SOCIALISMO A FALSIFICAÇÃO DA MOEDA É PUNIDA COM A PENA DE OITO A DOZE ANOS DE PRISÃO NOS TERMOS DA LEI. |
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Mozambique's first post-independence banknote series, of which this is part, was introduced in 1980 following the abolition of the colonial escudo and the establishment of the metical as national currency — a process formalized in 1980, four years after FRELIMO took power. The contract with Thomas De La Rue was a pragmatic choice; the new government had no domestic printing infrastructure, and De La Rue had long serviced colonial-era Mozambican currency through Banco Nacional Ultramarino.
The watermark is the sole security feature, modest by any measure for a high-denomination note in active circulation during a period of significant economic instability and civil conflict with RENAMO.