Catalog
5 Pounds
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 1964 |
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| Currency | Pound (1964-1971) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of President Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda in an oval frame at left, set against a fine guilloche underprint. To the right, a central intaglio vignette illustrates a tranquil scene on Lake Malawi with two figures in a dugout canoe, a lone tree on the shoreline, and a hill rising in the background. The denomination FIVE POUNDS appears in large letterpress text across the centre, with the promise-to-pay inscription above and the Governor's manuscript signature below. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a tea harvest scene in which a female worker in the foreground carries a large wicker basket, gathering leaves from low tea bushes that extend across the composition, with a second figure visible to the right. The imposing massif of Mount Mulanje rises dramatically in the background under an open sky. The design is executed throughout in shades of blue, framed by ornamental guilloche borders with denomination panels at each corner. |
| Reverse lettering | £5 THE RESERVE BANK OF MALAWI £5 FIVE POUNDS £5 |
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