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20 Kwacha Abdication of King Edward VIII
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Thickness | 3.0 mm |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1998 - Proof |
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Edward VIII abdicated on December 11, 1936, after reigning for 326 days — never crowned, never appearing on a circulating British coin that reached the public. The Malawi commemorative was issued over sixty years after the event, part of a wave of 1990s silver rounds exploiting collector appetite for royal drama. Malawi had no historical connection to Edward's abdication; the Reserve Bank simply licensed the subject.
Edward subsequently became Duke of Windsor and spent much of the war under close Foreign Office surveillance amid concerns about his German sympathies.