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20 Kwacha Relay Runners
| Issuer | Malawi |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Value | 20 Kwacha |
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| Reverse description | Two relay runners in athletic dress, both wearing bibs inscribed MALAWI and MLW, are depicted in full figure in the centre of the field, the left-hand athlete passing a baton to his teammate who strides forward to receive it. The legend OLYMPIC GAMES 2000 arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 20 KWACHA is inscribed in two lines in the lower field beneath the figures. |
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| Mintage | 1998 - Proof |
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Malawi's late-1990s commemorative silver program was largely driven by external mint contracts — most pieces were produced for the collector market with minimal connection to domestic circulation or government initiative. KM#115 belongs to a wave of thematic issues common among smaller African nations during this period, where licensing arrangements with European mints generated foreign exchange through numismatic sales rather than any domestic commemorative purpose.
The relay baton-pass event had featured at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, where Malawi sent a small athletics contingent.