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20 Cents - Mswati III 1st portrait
| Issuer | Kingdom of Swaziland (1968-2018) |
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| Year | 1986 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A detailed effigy of an African elephant in left profile dominates the central field, rendered with fine naturalistic detail including prominent tusks and raised trunk. The denomination numeral 20 appears in large characters at the upper portion of the field, with the word CENTS inscribed along the lower rim. The date 1986 is positioned vertically along the right side of the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Mswati III ascended the Swazi throne in April 1986 at age 18, following the death of his father Sobhuza II and a turbulent regency period during which Queen Regent Ntombi held power amid factional court struggles. This coin entered circulation within months of his coronation, making it among the earliest numismatic acknowledgments of his reign — a reign that would become the longest of any living monarch for a stretch of the early 21st century. The first portrait was replaced as Mswati aged, giving this issue a distinct biographical specificity that later dates in the series lack.