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20 Kwanzas
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Angola |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Currency | Kwanza (1977-1990) |
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| Obverse description | At centre-right, an intaglio portrait of Angolan statesman, first President, and poet Dr. António Agostinho Neto (1922–1979) appears against a vignette of workers in the background. The denomination numeral is positioned at lower left, with the issuer's title and value inscription running across the upper portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a scene of soldiers on patrol across a field, rendered in an illustrative style evoking the post-independence revolutionary theme. The Angolan Coat of Arms is positioned at lower left, with the denomination inscription centred along the lower margin. |
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Angola's first post-independence banknote series appeared in 1976, the year after the MPLA government consolidated control following the chaotic end of Portuguese rule. The 20 Kwanza denomination was part of that inaugural series, replacing the Escudo at par — a deliberately clean break from colonial currency, if not yet from colonial-era printing contractors. Thomas De La Rue in London produced the notes, an arrangement that continued for several years before Angola developed closer relationships with Eastern Bloc suppliers.
Early surviving examples frequently show foxing and humidity damage consistent with tropical storage conditions in Luanda during a period when banking infrastructure was severely disrupted by the ongoing civil conflict.