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5 Emalangeni - Mswati III Independence
| Issuer | Central Bank of Swaziland |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 5 Emalangeni (5 SZL) |
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| Obverse lettering | SWAZILAND |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The 2008 issue marks the fortieth anniversary of Swazi independence from Britain, achieved on September 6, 1968, when the Kingdom of Swaziland became one of the last territories in sub-Saharan Africa to decolonize. Mswati III, who ascended to the throne in 1986 at age eighteen following the regency period after his father Sobhuza II's death, presided over a country that retained absolute monarchy through the entire post-independence period — Swaziland never adopted multiparty democracy, a fact that drew sustained international criticism through the 2000s.
The brass composition for this denomination replaced an earlier bimetallic approach, a quiet cost-driven decision by the Central Bank during a period of significant fiscal strain in the kingdom.