Catalog
2000 Kwacha
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 2016-2021 |
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| Size | 135 × 66 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | RESERVE BANK OF MALAWI / TWO THOUSAND KWACHA / K2000 MALAWI / KWACHA K2000 / K2000 MALAWI / REVEREND JOHN CHILEMBWE / PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF K2000 / ISSUED UNDER THE RESERVE BANK OF MALAWI ACT, 1989 / 2000 / GOVERNOR |
| Reverse description | The main vignette on the right half presents an intaglio view of the Malawi University of Science and Technology building in Thyolo District, its caption inscribed below; to the left, a large guilloche rosette incorporates the outline map of Malawi and the Reserve Bank of Malawi seal with a sunburst surround. A microscope vignette and stylised figures appear at lower left, with the large numeral '2000' at lower right against a fine-line guilloche underprint in yellow and olive tones. |
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The 2016–2021 dating covers a run of issues during which Malawi's Reserve Bank was managing severe kwacha depreciation — the currency had lost roughly 90% of its value against the dollar in the preceding decade, driven by tobacco revenue shortfalls and chronic import imbalances. A 2,000 kwacha denomination that would have been inconceivable in the 1990s had become routine retail currency by the mid-2010s.
The print date of 30 April 1945 recorded in this catalog entry is almost certainly a data error.