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| Issuer | Central Bank of Swaziland |
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| Year | 1984-1985 |
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| Currency | Lilangeni (1974-date) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | King Sobhuza II portrait, visible in the blank panel at upper left on the reverse |
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The lilangeni was introduced in 1974 when Swaziland broke from the rand monetary area, though the currency maintained a strict one-to-one peg with the South African rand that it has never formally abandoned. This 20 emalangeni note belongs to the earliest series of higher-denomination issues, with De La Rue handling production throughout the formative decade of the currency. The dual-signature varieties — Nxumalo paired with Oliver, then Dlamini with Oliver — reflect successive Central Bank governors while H.B.B. Oliver remained as the constant second signatory across the transition.