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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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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the People's Republic of Mozambique occupies the central field, depicting a Kalashnikov rifle and a hoe crossed over an open book, set against a rising sun whose rays radiate outward, all superimposed on a map of the country flanked by stylised waves at the base. A wreath of maize on the right and a cogwheel on the left frame the central device, surmounted by a five-pointed star. A scroll at the base of the arms bears the legend REPUBLICA POPULAR DE MOCAMBIQUE in small incuse lettering. The circumferential legend REPUBLICA POPULAR DE MOCAMBIQUE runs along the outer rim, with the date 1986 positioned at the lower field. |
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| Obverse 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.