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20 Meticais
| Issuer | Banco de Moçambique |
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| Year | 1986 |
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| Weight | 3.8 g |
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| Reverse description | The denomination numeral 20 appears prominently in the upper field in large, bold relief. The central field depicts a military tank in profile, with a helmeted soldier visible in the open turret hatch, rendered in detailed relief. The legend METICAIS curves along the lower rim in large capital letters. The rim is bordered throughout by a continuous decorative pattern of incuse triangular notches, lending a distinctive ornamental character to the design. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The 1986 aluminium issue came directly out of Mozambique's acute post-independence economic crisis. The country was effectively bankrupt — civil war between FRELIMO and RENAMO had devastated infrastructure, and the government had exhausted its capacity to source the cupro-nickel used in the earlier version of this same denomination. Aluminium was the affordable fallback, not a planned transition.
The "a" suffix in the KM reference flags it as the emergency metal variant, distinguishing it from the original KM#103 struck in harder alloy.