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200 Kwanzas
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Angola |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Printer | De La Rue Currency, Gateshead |
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| Obverse description | Circular vignette at right containing a portrait of Dr. António Agostinho Neto (1922–1979), poet and first President of Angola (1975–1979) and leader of the MPLA independence movement. The denomination numeral appears to the right, with issuer inscription across the upper portion of the note. Underprint elements and guilloche patterning provide background complexity across the face of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO NACIONAL DE ANGOLA 200 DUZENTOS KWANZAS (Translation: National Bank of Angola, Two Hundred Kwanzas) |
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Angola's polymer series, introduced from 2012 onward, was part of a broader effort to reduce counterfeiting and extend note lifespan in a country where high humidity and informal cash handling had long accelerated paper deterioration. De La Rue's Gateshead facility — their dedicated polymer production site — handled the substrate work, with the 200 Kwanza denomination joining the series as the currency rebuild continued through successive redenominations.
The 2020 date places this note after Angola's significant 2017–2018 monetary reforms under the new Lourenço administration, which inherited severe foreign currency shortages following the collapse in oil revenues. Kwanza liquidity was tightly managed throughout this period.