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20 Kwacha Rhinoceros
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Value | 20 Kwacha |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Malawi's wildlife coin programs of the early 2000s were aimed squarely at the collector export market — the domestic economy had no practical use for a silver 20 Kwacha piece when average annual income hovered around $160 USD. The heliotrope inset, a semi-precious green-to-red chalcedony variety, was sourced as part of a broader trend among small-nation mints contracting with European manufacturers, predominantly in Germany and Austria, to produce novelty bullion with embedded gemstones or minerals.
KM#70 is one of several mineral-insert issues from this same Malawian program year. The heliotrope center is the distinguishing variable between otherwise technically identical strikes.