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20 Meticais
| Issuer | Banco de Moçambique |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Printer | Giesecke & Devrient, Munich |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by an intaglio oval vignette of Samora Moisés Machel, first President of Mozambique, positioned at centre-left against a lilac and light-blue guilloche underprint. The Banco de Moçambique circular seal is placed at upper centre alongside the date 16 DE JUNHO DE 2006, with the large denomination numeral 20 at lower left and the legend VINTE METICAIS in bold at right. A single governor's signature appears below the seal, with serial numbers printed vertically at left and horizontally at right. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE MOÇAMBIQUE 20 VINTE METICAIS A FALSIFICAÇÃO DA MOEDA É PUNIDA NOS TERMOS DA LEI (Translation: BANK OF MOZAMBIQUE 20 TWENTY METICAIS, CURRENCY COUNTERFEITING IS PUNISHABLE UNDER THE LAW) |
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The 2006 series marked Banco de Moçambique's shift toward a modernized, decimalized currency framework following the 2000 redenomination, which replaced the old metical at a rate of 1,000 to one — a practical reset after chronic inflation had rendered low denominations essentially worthless through the 1990s. Giesecke & Devrient, a reliable choice for smaller African central banks lacking domestic printing infrastructure, produced the series from Munich.
The 20 meticais sits at the lower-middle tier of the issue, a denomination that saw genuine everyday use rather than accumulating in savings.