Catalog
20 Kwacha
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 2014-2020 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Protection description | Inkosi ya Makhosi M'mbelwa II with numeral 20; embedded security thread with RBM text |
| Variants | P#63a - 01.01.2014 P#63b - 01.01.2015 P#63c - 01.01.2016 P#63d - 01.01.2017 |
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The P#63 series was part of Malawi's broader push in the early 2010s to modernize its note architecture following years of severe inflationary pressure — the kwacha was rebased in 2012 at a ratio of 1:1 after the Reserve Bank finally floated the currency, ending a prolonged period of managed exchange rates that had made the official rate nearly fictional against the parallel market.
Cotton substrate with watermark and thread places this squarely in the lower-security tier of the post-rebase series. No metallised foil, no color-shifting ink — a cost-conscious specification for a denomination that circulates hard.